Keeping Pasture Weeds Under Control

Keeping Pasture Weeds Under Control

  A theme I have seen this past year is pasture weeds becoming a major nuisance for landowners and cattlemen. Weeds don’t just reach a threshold overnight, there is a time we can make an impact without breaking the farm budget. However, many times pasture weeds have...
2022 Florida Bull Test Sale – Performance Data Analysis

2022 Florida Bull Test Sale – Performance Data Analysis

Sorting through all of the data to select bulls of interest to from in a bull sale catalog can be a daunting task with so much information provided.  The VRDEC (Visual Representation of Data for Evaluation and Comparison) Bull Selection Tool tables below show the sale...
Friday Feature: 6666 Ranch

Friday Feature: 6666 Ranch

If you have been watching the fourth season of the TV Show Yellowstone, you were introduced to the famous 142k acre 6666 Ranch, in West Texas.  The reason this ranch was featured was because it was purchased last year by Taylor Sheridan, co-creator of Yellowstone. ...
Friday Feature:  Getting the Most from Your Hay

Friday Feature: Getting the Most from Your Hay

With so much rain this growing season, even producing average quality hay this year was a real challenge.  Not only was the weather a challenge, but the cost of fertilizer was much higher too.  So, you sure don’t want to waste any of the precious hay you grew or...
How Much is that Cheaper “Cow Hay” Really Costing You?

How Much is that Cheaper “Cow Hay” Really Costing You?

Robbie Jones, UF/IFAS Extension Gadsden County, and Marcello Wallau, UF/IFAS Extension Forage Specialist   Late fall is the time of year when farmers and ranchers begin to rely on hay as the main source of forage, either for the duration of winter, or at least as...
The Role of Silage in Bridging the Fall Forage Gap

The Role of Silage in Bridging the Fall Forage Gap

  Nicolas DiLorenzo, UF/IFAS Beef Specialist, North Florida Research and Education Center – Marianna   Every fall, the baling of the last cutting of hay brings an end to the perennial forage season.  Fall is also the beginning of another important...