by ndilorenzo | Jan 10, 2025
The 25th Annual Florida Bull Test Sale, will be held at the North Florida Research and Education Center’s Beef Research Unit, on Saturday, January 18, 2025. The objective of this test is to evaluate the performance potential and breeding soundness of...
by jbittar | Dec 20, 2024
Monalisa Lima, Ameer Megahed, Alireza Shahraki, João Bittar, DVM, MSc., PhD., UF Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, and Lauren Butler, UF/IFAS Extension Okeechobee County Introduction The rapid proliferation of certain toxic microorganisms...
by Hannah Baker | Dec 20, 2024
Total receipts in Florida (cattle sold) for 2024 are 317,041 compared to 355,455 last year, a 10.8 percent difference (12/12/2024 Florida Weekly Auction Report). The fall-run of lower prices is behind us, as prices have started rising, as they typically do in November...
by Doug Mayo | Dec 20, 2024
Cattle ranchers, family members, and their employees are invited to attend the 40th annual, Northwest Florida Beef Conference and Trade Show, to be held Wednesday, February 12, 2025. This educational event will be held at the Jackson County Extension Office...
by Hannah Baker | Nov 22, 2024
I recently had a rancher ask me about whether it was more economical to background a group of steers through the winter months to sell in the spring, or sell them at weaning before the end of the year. This decision involves many factors that vary across each...
by Kalyn Waters | Nov 22, 2024
Recently I had a conversation with a vegetable farmer from the upper mid-west. Somehow we got on the topic of scales and I explained to him that many cattle producers don’t have a scale. The farmer looked at me in pure shock! “How do you know how much to feed your...
