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...
by Marcelo Wallau | Nov 22, 2024
Marcelo Wallau, Jose Dubeux and Ashley Kuhn, UF/IFAS Agronomy Department Registration is open for the First Southeastern Integrated Crop Livestock System (ILCS) Symposium on January 31st, 2025 in Marianna, Florida. Join us to discuss and network about the...
by Hannah Baker | Nov 8, 2024
Every month, USDA releases a Cattle on Feed Report that summarizes how many cattle are on feed, the weights of these cattle, how long they are being fed, and so on. Every quarter, the number of cattle on feed is broken down by steers and heifers. The October report...
