US Cattle Herd Decreases Slightly for Second Year in 2020

US Cattle Herd Decreases Slightly for Second Year in 2020

– USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) released the annual January 1 Cattle Inventory Report on January 29, 2021.  From 2013 through 2018 the US cattle herd increased.  For the second straight year, the total number of cattle in the US...
Friday Feature:  Livestock on the Land

Friday Feature: Livestock on the Land

This week’s featured video is actually the trailer for a documentary that was published by the Practical Farmers of Iowa.  Livestock on the Land is a concept not that different that the Sod-Based Rotation efforts that researchers at the University of Florida...
Friday Feature:  Moocall Calving Alert Sensors

Friday Feature: Moocall Calving Alert Sensors

This week’s featured video was sent in by Nick Simmons, Escambia County Extension.  There is a company based in Ireland called Moocall that is making products that generate text alerts to cattle producers when cows are in heat or about to calve.  The sensors...
2020 UF/IFAS Spring Corn Silage Test Summary

2020 UF/IFAS Spring Corn Silage Test Summary

  Despite all the challenges of this year, we had a fantastic spring corn silage trial with record number of entries. Our traditional field day had to be canceled, but we moved online and had 61 attendees and over 240 views of the virtual tour video on YouTube. ...