by Ann Blount | Apr 16, 2021
– Ann Blount, Sunny Liao, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Graduate Students: Valerie Mendez, Soil and Water Sciences Department, and Brittany Justesen, Agronomy Department; Livestock and Forages Extension Agent for UF/IFAS Extension Osceola...
by wickens carissa | Mar 19, 2021
Carissa Wickens, University of Florida, and Camie Heleski, University of Kentucky – Introduction Stereotypic behaviors are defined as repetitive, relatively unvarying patterns of behavior with no obvious goal or function. A horse that displays stereotypic...
by Jennifer Bearden | Mar 5, 2021
Burweed I don’t know about you, but I am fighting some bothersome winter weeds this season. In high traffic areas around my barn, I have developed a lawn burweed (Soliva sessilis) issue. Lawn burweed, also called spurweed, is a low growing winter annual that...
by Ann Blount | Jan 29, 2021
Ann Blount, UF/IFAS Forage Extension Specialist, João Bittar, UF/CVM Extension Beef Veterinarian, Adam Stern-UF/CVM Veterinary Forensic Pathologist, and Evie Blount, UF/IFAS Extension Gadsden County 4-H Agent – Livestock producers beware! Especially during the...
by Saundra TenBroeck | Jan 15, 2021
– Saundra TenBroeck, UF/IFAS Equine Specialist Like many other horse related topics, the question: “Should I blanket my horse?” warrants the answer “It depends”. Though Florida does not have the sustained extreme cold temperatures seen in northern climates, we...
