Range Cattle Research and Education Center

Range Cattle Research and Education Center

Attendees listening to a speaker at a field day at the Range Cattle REC

Webinars at RCREC

The 'Ona Highlight' is a monthly webinar broadcast of the UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center, in Ona, FL.

2025

RCREC Webinars - 2025

Date	Presenter	Video	PDF
01/14/2025	Dr. Brett Bultemeier, an Extension assistant professor and the Director of the UF Pesticide Information Office in Gainesville, FL.	What's a PULA and is a BLT More than a Sandwich?	PDF
02/11/2025	Colleen Larson, Regional Dairy Agent, UF/IFAS Extension Okeechobee Co.	Updates in the Florida Dairy Industry	PDF
03/11/2025	Dr. Tenzy Mncube & Dr. Brent Sellers, UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC, Ona	Controlling Australian Beardgrass in Florida Pastures	PDF
04/15/2025	Dr. Philipe Moriel, UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC, Ona	Heat Stress in Pregnant Beef Cows
05/27/2025	Dr. Golmar Golmohammadi, UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC, Ona	AI Application in Water Resources Management	PDF
06/10/2025	Dr. Joao Vendramini, professor and the center director of Texas A & M AgriLife Research and Education Center in Stephenville, TX	What is the feed value of fall-fertilized forage in Florida?	PDF
07/08/2025	Dr. Betsey Boughton, Program Director, Agroecology, Sr. Research Biologist at Archbold Biological Station Buck Island Ranch in Lake Placid, Florida	The relationship of Florida Grasshopper sparrow habitat to cattle forage at DeLuca Preserve	PDF

2024

RCREC Webinars - 2024

Date	Presenter	Video	PDF
1/9/2024	Dr. Stephen Enloe, a weed science and invasive plant Extension specialist at the UF Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, Gainesville	What's New in Peppertree and Climbing Fern Control?	PDF
2/13/2024	Bridget Stice, UF/IFAS Extension Polk and DeSoto Counties and Lauren Butler, UF/IFAS Extension Okeechobee, County	Bringing Research to the Ranch: Strengthening the Cattle Industry Through the Educational Outreach of the South Florida Beef Forage Program	PDF
3/12/2024	Marc Frank, an Extension Botanist at the UF Herbarium, Gainesville and Dr. Brent Sellers, a Pasture and Rangeland Weed Management Specialist, UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC, Ona	Grasses Gone Bad! Emerging Invasive Grasses	PDF
4/9/2024	Dr. Maria Silveira, a soil and water specialist at the UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC, Ona	An Update on Biosolids Research	PDF
5/21/2024	Dr. Philipe Moriel, a beef cattle nutrition and management specialist at the UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC, Ona	Nutritional Impacts on Beef Cow Reproduction	PDF
6/11/2024	Dr. Joao Vendramini, a forage specialist at the UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC, Ona	Invisible Fence: A Tool to Optimize Grazing Management in Florida	PDF
7/09/2024	Dr. Hance Ellington, a rangeland wildlife specialist at the UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC, Ona	Barriers faced by Florida Landowners in Implementing Effective Wild Pig Management on Private Property	PDF
8/20/2024	Florida Cattlemen's Association - Dale Carlton, President and Rick Moyer, President-Elect	Florida Cattlemen's Association: History, structure, and an activity report on state and federal legislation plus other news and helpful information.	N/A
9/10/2024	Hannah Baker, a state specialized Extension agent in beef and forage economics at the UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC, Ona	An Overview of the Cattle Market and Planning for the Future	PDF
10/22/2024	Dr. Philipe Moriel, a beef cattle nutrition and management specialist at the UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC, Ona	Benefits of Probiotic Supplementation in Cow-Calf Herds	PDF
11/22/2024	Dr. Maria Silveira, a soil and water specialist at the UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC, Ona	UF Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) Update	PDF
12/10/2024	Dr. Golmar Golmohammadi, hydrology and water quality specialist at the UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC, Ona	Groundwater Quantity and Quality Modeling Updates	PDF

2023

RCREC Webinars - 2023

Date	Presenter	Video	PDF
1/20/2023	Ona Highlight with guest presenter Chris Prevatt, Alabama Farmers Federation Commodity Director	Market Outlook & Managing Production Costs in a Volatile Economic Environment	PDF
2/14/2023	Ona Highlight with guest speaker Dr. Thomas Smith, UF Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Dept.	Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change: Using experiments to investigate processes occurring at large spatial scales	PDF
3/14/2023	Ona Weed Science Program Highlight with Dr. Brent Sellers	Update on Broomsedge Studies	PDF
4/11/2023	Ona Highlight with Guest Presenters Laura Bennett and Kalan Royal with SFBFP	South Florida Beef Forage Program Opportunities	PDF
5/9/2023	Ona Agronomy Program Highlight with Dr. Joao Vendramini	The Importance of Forage Testing to Supplementation Program Design	PDF
6/13/2023	Ona Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Program Highlight with Dr. Hance Ellington	Invasive Species in Florida's Rangelands	PDF
7/11/2023	Ona Watershed Hydrology Program Highlight with Dr. Golmar Golmohammadi	Conservation Practices to Improve Groundwater Quality in Central Florida	PDF
8/15/2023	Ona Highlight with Guest Presenters Pat Durden and Dale Carlton of the Florida Cattlemen's Association	Florida Cattlemen's Association: History, structure, and an activity report on state and federal legislation plus other news and helpful information.	N/A
9/12/2023	Ona Highlight with guest presenter Dr. Cassio Brauner	Brazilian Beef Cattle Industry Environmental and Nutritional Challenges and Opportunities	PDF
10/24/2023	Ona Highlight with guest presenter Dr. Augustine Obour	Grazing of Cover Crops and Annual Forages to Improve Soil Health in Dryland Cropping Systems in the Semi-Arid Great Plains	PDF
11/14/2023	Ona Soil and Water Science Program Highlight with Dr. Maria Silveira	LTAR Research Update	PDF
12/12/2023	Ona Agronomy Program Highlight with Dr. Joao Vendramini	Stockpiled Forages for Cow-Calf Production in Florida	PDF

2022

RCREC Webinars - 2022

Date	Presenter	Video	PDF
12/13/2022	Ona Highlight with guest presenter Dr. Sally Brown	Is Anything Safe? Basics of risk assessment in the era of PFAS	PDF
11/1/2022	Ona LTAR Highlight with Dr. Maria Silveira	Ona Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) Highlight	PDF
10/11/2022	Ona Highlight with Dr. Sally Brown (rescheduled to Dec. 13)		none
9/30/2022	Ona Highlight Chris Prevatt (cancelled due to Hurricane Ian)		none
8/9/2022	Ona Highlight with Guest Presenters Wes Carlton and Dale Carlton with the Florida Cattlemen's Association	Current issues and initiatives of the Florida Cattlemen's Association	N/A
7/12/2022	Ona Highlight with Guest Presenter David Mason	Fire Generates Seed Rain Via the Magnet Effect	PDF
6/21/2022	Ona Animal Science Program Highlight with Vinicius Izquierdo	Heat Stress in Beef Cattle	PDF
5/10/2022	Ona Wildlife Ecology Program Highlight with Dr. Hance Ellington	Wild Pigs in Florida: The what, why, and how	PDF
4/12/2022	Ona Highlight with Guest Presenters Allie Williams and Sheri Trent with the SFBFP	Collaboration, Communication, and Education: Enhancing Florida's livestock industry through the SFBFP	PDF
3/8/2022	Ona Graduate Student Highlight with Jaime Garzon	Ecosystem Services of Overseeding Aeschynomene into Bahiagrass Pastures in Florida	PDF
2/08/2022	Ona Highlight with Guest Presenter, Colleen Larson	The SLICK Gene in Holstein Cattle Improves Thermotolerance	PDF
1/11/2022	Ona Weed Science Program Highlight with Dr. Brent Sellers	Ways to Manage Smutgrass: Past, present, and future	PDF

2021

RCREC Webinars - 2021

Date	Type	Title and Media	Presenter
12/14/2021	Ona Graduate Student Highlight with Clay Cooper	Video: Brunswickgrass Management with Hexazinone in Bahiagrass Pastures PDF: Ona Highlight Clay Cooper December 2021 PDF	Clay Cooper
11/16/2021	Ona Soil and Water Science Program Highlight	Opportunities to Increase Soil Carbon Sequestration in Subtropical Grazinglands Ona Highlight Maria Silveira Nov 2021 PDF	Dr. Maria Silveira
10/19/2021	Ona LTAR Hightlight	Using Manureshed Management to Connect Distant Links of the Beef Supply Chain	Dr. Maria Silveira with Guest Presenter Dr. Sheri Spiegal
9/14/2021	Ona Highlight - The DeLuca Preserve and the Grasshopper Sparrow	Description of the DeLuca Preserve and How Working Landscapes May Be Pivotal to Protecting the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow Ona Highlight DeLuca Preserve Sept 2021 PDF	Dr. Brent Sellers with guest presenters Dr. Reed Bowman and Fabiola ‘Fabby’ Baeza
8/3/2021	Ona Highlight with guests	2021 Issues and Initiatives of the Florida Cattlemen's Association	Cliff Coddington and Jim Handley of the Florida Cattlemen's Association
7/13/2021	Ona Animal Science Program Highlight	Heat Stress on Beef Cattle Ona Highlight Philipe Moriel July 2021 PDF	Dr. Philipe Moriel
6/8/2021	Ona Highlight with Guest Presenter	A Matter of Choices: Importance of variety selection and resources available Ona Highlight Marcelo Wallau June 2021 PDF	Dr. Marcelo Wallau
5/11/2021	Ona Rangeland Wildlife Program Highlight	Identifying Predators Involved in Livestock Loss Ona Highlight Hance Ellington May 2021 PDF	Dr. Hance Ellington
4/13/2021	Ona Highlight Featuring the South Florida Beef Forage Program	South Florida Beef Forage Program Appetizer Ona Highlight Lindsey Wiggins April 2021 PDF	Lindsey Wiggins and Lauren Butler
3/9/2021	Ona Agronomy Program Highlight	The use of Sunn Hemp as a Cover Crop and Forage in Florida Ona Highlight Joao Vendramini March 2021 PDF	Dr. Joao Vendramini
2/9/2021	Ona Highlight with Guest Presenter	Cull Cow Considerations Ona Highlight Todd Thrift February 2021 PDF	Dr. Todd Thrift
1/12/2021	Ona Weed Science Program Highlight	Broomsedge Management in Bahiagrass Pastures Ona Highlight Brent Sellers January 2021 PDF	Dr. Brent Sellers

2020

Ona Highlight Wes Anderson December 2020 PDF

RCREC Webinars - 2020

Dated	Type	Title and Media	Presenter
12/08/2020	Ona Graduate Student Highlight	Impacts of an Invasive Ecosystem Engineer Upon Wetlands and Aquatic Communities Across a Subtropical Agroecosystem Ona Highlight Wes Anderson December 2020 PDF	Wes Anderson
11/10/2020	Ona Graduate Student Highlight	Pre-calving Nutrition of Beef Females Ona Highlight Liz Palmer November 2020 PDF	Liz Palmer
10/13/2020	Ona Highlight with Guest Presenter	Carbon and water dynamics in FL Rangelands: Management Environmental Fluctuations Ona Highlight Rosvel Bracho October 2020 PDF	Dr. Rosvel Bracho
9/8/2020	Ona Highlight with Guest Presenter	Reproductive Management Strategies for Beef Cattle in Florida Ona Highlight Mario Binelli Sept 2020 PDF	Dr. Mario Binelli
8/11/2020	Ona Highlight	2020 Issues and Initiatives of the Florida Cattlemen's Association	Gene Lollis and Jim Handley of the Florida Cattlemen's Association
7/14/2020	Ona Weed Science Program Highlight	Applying Hexazinone with Fertilizer for Smutgrass Control Ona Highlight Brent Sellers July 2020 PDF	Brent Sellers
6/9/2020	Ona Highlight	Q & A with the UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC Faculty	UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC Faculty (all)
5/12/2020	Ona Highlight Featuring the South Florida Beef Forage Program	Dividing Tasks & Multipying Success: Regional collaborative effort delivering high-quality education & research Ona Highlight SFBFP May 2020 PDF Ona Highlight SFBFP May 2020 PDF part 2	Lauren Butler Lindsey Wiggins
4/14/2020	Ona Beef Cattle and Forage Economics Highlight	Searching for the Bottom of the U.S. Beef Cattle Price Cycle Ona Highlight Chris Prevatt April 2020 PDF	Chris Prevatt
3/10/2020	Ona Soil and Water Science Highlight	Agronomic and Environmental Impacts of Land Application of Biosolids to Bahia Pastures in Florida Ona Highlight Maria Silveira March 2020 PDF	Maria Silveira
2/11/2020	Ona Agronomy Program Highlight	The use of additives to improve fermentation and nutritive value of warm-season forage haylage Ona Highlight Joao Vendramini February 2020 PDF	Joao Vendramini
1/14/2020	Ona Weed Science Program Highlight	Whitehead Broom Biology and Management Ona Highlight Brent Sellers January 2020 PDF	Brent Sellers

2019

RCREC Webinars - 2019

Dated	Type	Title and Media	Presenter
12/10/2019	Ona Graduate Student Highlight	Burrowing Owls on Florida Cattle Ranches Ona Highlight Liz Rose 2019 Dec PDF	Liz Rose
11/19/2019	Ona LTAR Highlight	Assessing the Effect of Prescribed Fire Frequency and Association with Chopping on Sustainability of Southern Florida Rangelands Ona Highlight Marta Kohmann 2019 Nov PDF	Marta Kohmann
10/8/2019	Ona Animal Science Highlight	Fetal Programming Studies in Florida Ona Highlight Philipe Moriel October 2019 PDF	Philipe Moriel
9/10/2019	Ona Graduate Student Highlight	Differences in Selenium and Copper Metabolism between Brahman and Angus Cattle Ona Highlight Juliana Ranches 2019 Sept PDF	Juliana Ranches
8/13/2019	Ona Highlight with guests	2019 Issues and Initiatives of the Florida Cattlemen's Association	Matt Pearce and Jim Handley of the Florida Cattlemen's Association
7/2/2019	Ona Agronomy Program Highlight	Warm-Season Forage Mixtures for Pasture Establishment Ona Highlight Joao Vendramini July 2019 PDF	Joao Vendramini
6/11/2019	Ona Graduate Student Highlight	Implementation of Integrated Management Practices to Manage Giant Smutgrass (Sporobolus Indicus Var. Pyramidalis) in Bahiagrass Pastures Ona Highlight Jose Dias 2019 June PDF	José Luiz Carvalho de Souza Dias
5/21/2019	Ona Beef Cattle and Forage Economics Highlight	Cow-Calf Management Strategies for the Bottom of the Cattle Price Cycle Ona Highlight Chris Prevatt 2019 May PDF	Chris Prevatt
4/9/2019	Ona Soil and Water Science Highlight	Proposed Changes in Regulations Governing Land Application of Biosolids in Florida Ona Highlight Maria Silveira 2019 April PDF	Maria Silveira
3/12/2019	Ona LTAR Program Highlight	Effects of prescribed fire on cattle use and foraging behavior in subtropical grasslands Ona Highlight Britt Smith 2019 March PDF	Britt Smith
2/12/2019	Ona Animal Science Highlight	Assessing Beef Ranch Trace Mineral Status Ona Highlight John Arthington 2019 Feb PDF	John Arthington
1/8/2019	Ona Weed Science Program	Management of Brunswickgrass in Bahia Seed Production Fields Ona Highlight Brent Sellers 2019 Jan PDF	Brent Sellers

2018

RCREC Webinars - 2018

Dated	Type	Title and Media	Presenter
12/11/2018	Ona Rangeland Wildlife and Ecosystems Program Highlight	Wild Hogs and Big Data: How to deal with 7 million game camera images to answer questions on hog biology and management Ona Highlight Raoul Boughton 2018 Dec PDF	Raoul Boughton
11/13/2018	Ona Highlight with guest presenter	Archbold-UF LTAR Project: Manipulating fire and grazing to enhance the delivery of ecosystem services from subtropical humid grasslands OnaHighlightBetseyBoughton_2018_Nov	Betsey Boughton of MacArthur Agro-ecology Research Center
10/09/2018	Ona Graduate Student Highlight	Impacts of wild pigs on wetlands and aquatic communities across a Florida rangeland Download PDF of presentation	Wes Anderson
09/11/2018	Ona Agronomy Highlight	Program Update - Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Limpograss Download PDF of presentation	Joao Vendramini
08/14/2018	Ona Highlight with guest presenter	Conservation Easements from a rancher's perspective Download PDF of presentation	Jim Strickland, Vice Chairman of Florida Conservation Group & owner of Blackbeard Ranch in Manatee County
07/10/2018	Ona Beef Cattle and Forage Economics Program Highlight	Program Update - Marketing 2018 Feeder Calves Download PDF of presentation	Chris Prevatt
6/12/2018	Ona Highlight with guest presenter	Beef Cattle Reproductive Challenges in Florida Download PDF of presentation	Mario Binelli of the UF Animal Sciences Dept.
5/16/2018	Weed Science Program Highlight	Smutgrass Down Under: Our recent exposure to smutgrass management in Australia Download PDF of presentation	Brent Sellers
4/10/2018	Ona Graduate Student Highlight	Evaluation of management practices to improve pintoi peanut productivity and nutritive value in South Florida Download PDF of presentation	Joao Sanchez
3/13/2018	Animal Science Highlight	An Update on the Florida Cattlemen's Association Projects & a Summary of the Body Condition Score Extension Programs Recently Completed PDF of PowerPoint	Philipe Moriel
2/13/2018	Soil and Water Sciences Highlight	How to interpret your soil test results Download PDF of presentation	Maria Silveira
1/22/2018	Animal Science Highlight	Selenium Nutrition of Grazing Beef Cattle in Florida Download PDF of presentation	John Arthington

2017

RCREC Webinars - 2017

Dated	Type	Title and Media	Presenter
12/12/2017	Rangeland Wildlife and Ecosystems Highlight	Using Drones to Assess Feral Swine Damage on Florida Rangeland Download PDF of presentation	Raoul Boughton
11/14/2017	Livestock and Forage Economics Highlight	Beef Cattle and Forage Economics Highlight Download PDF of presentation	Chris Prevatt
11/14/2017	Agronomy Highlight	The Use of Sunnhemp as Forage in Florida	Joao Vendramini
5/9/2017	Animal Science Highlight	FCA 2017 Studies and Preconditioning Studies Download PDF of presentation	Philipe Moriel & Gleise da Silva
4/11/2017	Weed Science Highlight	Students, Perennial Peanut, Smutgrass, and Bermudagrass Download PDF of presentation	Brent Sellers
1/20/2017	Animal Science Highlight	Factors impacting the free-choice intake of salt-based mineral supplements Download PDF of John Arthington's presentation Download PDF of Juliana Ranches' presentation	John Arthington & Juliana Ranches

Ona Report Presentations

Ona Report Presentations

Date	Presentation	Presenter
November 2017	FL Beef Enhancement studies – Will nutritional management of pregnant beef cows impact future calf performance Download PDF of presentation	Philipe Moriel
May 2017	Post-weaning nutrition and puberty induction protocol for beef heifers in Florida Download PDF of presentation	Philipe Moriel
December 2016	Technology and Calf Loss: Advancing research in Florida cattle	Raoul Boughton
November 2016	Recent nutritional strategies to enhance reproductive performance of heifers – A summary of Range Cattle REC studies	Philipe Moriel
October 2016	Managing Soil Quality for Pasture Sustainability Download PDF of presentation	Maria Silveira
September 2016	Should I Buy Stocker Calves this Fall or a Fishing License? Download PDF of presentation Download PDF of presentation - large slides	Chris Prevatt
August 2016	Broomsedge Management in Bahiagrass Pasture: An ongoing study Download PDF of presentation	Brent Sellers
July 2016	Understanding "SHRINK" in Beef Cattle Download PDF of presentation	John Arthington
June 2016	Ona Report: Special Edition	RCREC Faculty (all)
May 2016	Grasslands: The importance of mosaics for wildlife Burrowing Owl - rattle snake call (used to warn away unwanted visitors)	Raoul Boughton
April 2016	Use of monensin on beef cattle grazing low-quality forages Download PDF of presentation	Joao Vendramini
March 2016	Jiggs Bermudagrasss and Limpograss Responses to Potassium and Phosphorus Fertilization Download PDF of presentation	Maria Silveira
February 2016	Pasture Weed Control Following a Wet and Warm Fall Download PDF of presentation	Brent Sellers
January 2016	2016 Beef Cattle Market Outlook Download PDF of presentation	Chris Prevatt