by external | Nov 5, 2021
Dr. Mario Binelli, UF/IFAS Department of Animal Sciences The Know Your Heifer Program is a service available to beef cattle producers provided by UF/IFAS Extension. In the 2020-21 breeding season, we enrolled over 2,000 heifers from more than 20 beef operations...
by Doug Mayo | Nov 5, 2021
There were all sorts of innovative machines and equipment on display at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, GA in October. This week’s featured video shows a relatively simple but heavy duty product that is made to last a long time. The Best HaySaver is made of...
by Angela Gonella-Diaza | Oct 29, 2021
Angela Gonella-Diaza, Cattle Reproduction Specialist, Oscar Alejandro Ojeda-Rojas, PhD., Daniella Heredia, MSc., Sergio Lasso, Maria Camila Londono Mendez, Guido Exequiel Enriquez, UF/IFAS. North Florida Research and Education Center Developing heifers...
by external | Oct 29, 2021
Scott Angle, University of Florida Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources (leader of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences – UF/IFAS) One of the jobs of UF/IFAS scientists is to challenge conventional wisdom. You don’t want to bet...
by Nick Simmons | Oct 8, 2021
Bull selection, development, and management are all essential to drive the genetic progress of a cattle herd and to improve the annual calf crop. Much time and effort are expended to ensure that the correct mating selections allow for the optimal outcome during...
by external | Oct 8, 2021
Jennifer Whitaker, Georgia Farm Bureau The Asian Longhorned Tick – an invasive species with the potential to cause severe anemia and tick fever in livestock – has been positively identified on a cow in Pickens County (North Central GA), the Georgia...
