Virtual Classroom
Training
2020 - 2021 In-Service Training - A Day with Your Specialist
Produced for county and state extension faculty. Click to request access to the recordings.
- Updates on forage for winter and new warm-season perennial grass cultivars with Dr. Joao Vendramini - December 15, 2020
- Classroom, talk 1:
- Classroom, talk 2: New warm-season perennial grass cultivars
- Field Visit
- Nutritional strategies to boost health, reproduction, and immunity of beef cattle with Dr. Philipe Moriel - January 7, 2021
- Pasture weed management with Dr. Brent Sellers - January 22, 2021
- Soil fertility and management of forage crops with Dr. Maria Silveira - February 12, 2021
- Developing a deeper understanding of beef cattle and forage economics with State Specialized Agent II, Chris Prevatt - March 10, 2021
- Investigating predator attacks on livestock with Dr. Hance Ellington - February 12, 2021
Beef Cattle Body Condition Scoring (BCS) Tutorial - April 2018
Helpful Resources for BCS
- Body Condition Scoring Beef Cows
- Lawton Stewart and Ted Dyer - Implications of Cow Body Condition Score on Productivity
- Matt Hersom, Todd Thrift, and Joel Yelich - Body Condition Score (BCS) System - Part 2
(PDF of PowerPoint slides) - BCS Team - Body Condition Score (BCS) Flowchart (PDF)
- BCS Team - Meet the BCS Team (JPG image)
2016 Forage In-Service Training - August 23, 2016
Cattlemen's Institute and Allied Trade Show - January 19, 2017
- Welcome and Comments from Ned Waters, President Florida Cattlemen's Association
- UF/IFAS Update from Brenda Rodgers, South Central Florida Extension District Director
- Beef Cattle Industry Economic Outlook - Duane Lenz
- Controlling Weeds in Florida's Pastures - Brent Sellers
- Energy and Protein Supplementation - Philipe Moriel
- The Veterinary Feed Directive: What It Means for Your Operation - Matt Hersom