Friday Double Feature:  Real Facts About Beef

Friday Double Feature: Real Facts About Beef

This week’s featured videos came from a new new series published by the National Cattleman’s Beef Association (NCBA) as part of their Beef It’s Whats for Dinner Campaign.  The new series of videos called, “Real Facts About Real Beef,” was...
Agroforestry:  Working Toward Diverse Intercropping

Agroforestry: Working Toward Diverse Intercropping

Stephen Greer, County Extension Director, UF/IFAS Extension Santa Rosa County Agroforestry comes in many forms where trees, the primary crop, are managed in combination with other crops and/or animals to create a more diverse agriculture community with the potential...
The Art and Science of Grazing Management

The Art and Science of Grazing Management

Jose Dubeux, UF/IFAS Forage Management Specialist Grazing management is a mix of art and science. The “art” comes from the action of managing livestock in a given landscape, and learning based on experience. The “science” comes from...
How Much Should You Pay for a Bred Replacement Heifer?

How Much Should You Pay for a Bred Replacement Heifer?

– As the U.S. cattle industry turns the corner of this cattle cycle producers have begun asking the question, “How much should I  pay for a bred replacement heifer this year?” This is indeed a tough question to answer because cow-calf producers and their...
7 Steps to Successful Pasture Establishment

7 Steps to Successful Pasture Establishment

– I have received a number of calls recently with questions about pasture planting.  There are a number of reasons to plant or re-plant pastures, whether you are converting crop or timber land to pasture, renovating a field that had been overtaken by weeds, or...