Gainesville Area
Animal Sciences Building
The Animal Sciences building hosts the academic and business offices for the department as well as the majority of animal science lecture courses.
Beef Teaching Units
The University of Florida/IFAS Beef Teaching Unit is a 90-acre farm that includes a 200-head capacity feedyard and approximately 40-head cow/calf operation of various breeds, types, sizes, and levels of production.
Beef Research Unit
The Beef Research Unit is located 12 miles NE of campus. The unit consists of approximately 1,200 acres on flatwoods type soils and is home to the UF purebred Brahman herd.
Santa Fe River Ranch Beef Unit
The Santa Fe Beef Unit is located approximately 25 miles NW of Gainesville and supports almost 300 head of Angus and Brahman crossbred cows. This unit is home to the “Multi-Breed Herd.”
Dairy Science Building
The Dairy Science Building, which adjoins the Animal Science Building, has been occupied since 1985. It contains five office suites, five post-doctorate and graduate student suites, conference room and a lounge area.
Dairy Unit
The Dairy Unit is located 17 miles north of the Department of Animal Sciences. The unit was originally built in 1952 and comprises 850 acres, of which 450 are used for crops for forage production and the remainder is occupied by facilities, pastures, and wooded areas.
Horse Teaching Unit
This 65-acre farm was developed to teach the Equine student many aspects of the industry with hands-on practicality. The wide range of experience includes breeding, training, marketing, farm management, and health care.
Equine Sciences Center
Established in 1969, this nutritional and reproductive research facility is a 320-acre complex located seven miles north of Ocala in Marion County, the center of Florida's horse breeding industry.
Meat Processing Center
The Meat Processing Center (establishment number 6537) is a Federal (USDA- FSIS) Inspected meat processing facility. The meat retail store is open to the public on Friday's for sale of beef, pork, and sometimes lamb.
Sheep Unit
The UF/IFAS Sheep Unit is located directly next to the UF Animal Sciences building on Shealy Drive. The sheep unit is a 30-acre farm that includes an approximately 100-head ewe/lambing operation as well as a 100-head capacity feed yard
Statewide
North Florida Research & Education Center
The North Florida Research & Education Center (NFREC) is one of the largest and the most diverse units of UF/IFAS, consisting of research and education campuses in Quincy and Marianna, Florida. NFREC has 16 active faculty members representing 8 academic departments and the School of Forest Resources and Conservation and a dynamic population of post-doctoral associates, scientific/farm/administrative staff.
Range Cattle Research & Education Center
The purpose of the Range Cattle Research and Education Center is to conduct research and provide information that will solve problems related to improving the profitability of beef, forage and field crops, and dairy production in central and south Florida. Emphasis will be placed on developing new information that can be used immediately by these industry groups.
South Florida Beef-Forage Program
The South Florida Beef-Forage Program is composed of extension faculty representing 12 Florida counties, in addition to research faculty and extension specialists located at various research centers and departments at the University of Florida. A major goal of this program is to coordinate extension and research activities for enhanced forage and cattle production in Central and South Florida.
Subtropical Agricultural Research Station
ARS Research is organized into National Programs. These programs serve to bring coordination, communication and empowerment to approximately 690 research projects carried out by ARS. The National Programs focus on the relevance, impact, and quality of ARS research.
Southwest Florida Research & Education Center
The Southwest Florida Research and Education Center is situated on 320 acres, the center serves growers, farmers, and other clientele in Collier, Charlotte, Glades, Hendry, and Lee counties. It supplies decision-makers with specific knowledge to sustain and enhance agricultural, human, and natural resources through nationally and internationally recognized research, extension, and teaching programs.