58th Annual Florida Beef Cattle Short Course
Florida Beef Cattle Short Course, April 29 - May 1, 2009
"Cash, Cows, and Calves"
- 2009 Agenda (.pdf 97KB)
- 2009 Beef Cattle Short Course Slide Show (coming soon)
- Past Proceedings
2009 Speakers Publications and Power Point Presentations
James Mintert
- Market Outlook (.pdf 87KB)
- Market Outlook (.pdf 3.35MB)
Curt Lacy
- Understanding and Controlling Basic Cost Inputs into the Cow Herd (.pdf 115KB)
- Understanding and Controlling Basic Cost Inputs into the Cow Herd (.pdf 248KB)
James Mintert
- Differentiation/Justification of the Basis Difference for SE Cattle (.pdf 111KB)
- Differentiation/Justification of the Basis Difference for SE Cattle (.pdf 665KB)
Gary Fike
- Performance of SE Cattle When Placed on Feed (.pdf 132KB)
- Performance of SE Cattle When Placed on Feed (.pdf 3.14MB)
Joao Vendramini
- To Fertilize or Not to Fertilize, What are the Alternatives? (.pdf 126KB)
- To Fertilize or Not to Fertilize, What are the Alternatives? (.pdf 14.42MB)
Matt Hersom
- Relationship of Cow Size, Cow Requirement, and Production Issues (.pdf 241KB)
- Relationship of Cow Size, Cow Requirement, and Production Issues (.pdf 2.11MB)
Cliff Lamb
- Feed Efficiency in Breeding Cattle (.pdf 214KB)
- Feed Efficiency in Breeding Cattle (.pdf 2.34MB)
Todd Thrift
- National Market Cow and Bull Beef Quality Audit-2007: A Survey of Producer Related Defects (.pdf 3.43MB)
Matt Hersom
- Can We Allow a Calf to Have a Bad Day? (.pdf 174KB)
- Can We Allow a Calf to Have a Bad Day? (.pdf 1.24MB)
Matt Poore
- Making Pre-Conditioning Pay: Small Producers (.pdf 169KB)
- Making Pre-Conditioning Pay: Small Producers (.pdf 913KB)
Curt Lacy
- Economics of Added Gain (.pdf 227KB)
- Economics of Added Gain (.pdf 419KB)
Smith-Lever 100th Anniversary
The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 established the Cooperative Extension Service, which allows us all to benefit from the knowledge of our land-grant universities. Extension has helped millions of Floridians by tapping the latest information from the research engines of the University of Florida and Florida A&M and converting it into practical knowledge we use every day.
Solutions for Your Life
UF/IFAS Extension maintains an easy-to-use, comprehensive Web site, Solutions for Your Life.
Did You Know?
The UF/IFAS Florida Beef Extension Web site is the central gateway to all online Beef Extension material for the Florida beef industry. These materials have been developed and collected by county Extension faculty and state faculty.
IFAS Resources