Florida Cattle Enhancement Board

The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board is a Direct Support Organization of the University of Florida. The Board is organized to promote research, education and scientific purposes including the promotion of research, education and extension for the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) on issues relating to the Florida cattle industry, including production, disease prevention, forage development, and genetic research and technology. Funded through state appropriations since its inception in 2016, the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board has funded over  $5.2 million in research projects, education and extension efforts at the University of Florida.

• FY 2023-2024

  Deanne Maples
  Florida Beef Council Beef Marketing & Promotions Programming
  $250,000

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  Fernanda Rezende
  UF beef herd management software
  Amount Funded: $39,880

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  Fernanda Rezende
  UF Brahman Project
  Amount Funded: $45,007

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  Jose Dubeux
  Animal performance and methane emissions of cattle grazing stockpiled 'Gibtuck' limpograss under different supplementation strategies in North Florida? YEAR 2
  Amount Funded: $61,455

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  Angela Gonella Diaza
  Association between residual feed intake and fertility-related measures in young bulls
  Amount Funded: $46,016

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  Maria Lucia Silveira
  Evaluating the effectiveness and economic viability of pasture management strategies to increase soil carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas mitigation
  Amount Funded: $45,592

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  John Bromfield
  Effect of Over Conditioned Bulls on Fertility
  Amount Funded: $54,622

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  Jose Dubeux
  Digital soil carbon storage and sequestration mapping in Florida grazinglands through spatial sampling and machine learning methods
  Amount Funded: $65,685

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  Jose Dubeux
  Strategies to overseed forage legumes on limpograss in the summer and stockpiling period
  Amount Funded: $34,070

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  Nicolas DiLorenzo
  Addressing labor shortage: Use of intake limiters to design free-choice supplementation
  Amount Funded: $50,687

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  Angela Gonella Diaza
  Sexual dimorphism of supplementation with rumen-protected Methionine in early gestation in beef cattle systems: impact on fetal development, and postnatal growth and performance (Year 1)
  Amount Funded: $58,437

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  Maria Lucia Silveira
  Evaluating the agronomic performance of bahiagrass under different biosolids and inorganic fertilizer phosphorus fertilization regimens
  Amount Funded: $48,263

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  Jiangxiao Qiu
  Assessing Land Intensification and Grazing Impacts
  Amount Funded: $50,020

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  Peter J. Hansen
  Enhancement of pre- and post-weaning growth
  Amount Funded: $71,209

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  Tracy Scheffler
  Improving tenderness and consistency of Brahman beef
  Amount Funded: $19,912

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  Estaban Rios
  Breeding Legumes Adapted to Beef Cattle Systems in Florida
  Amount Funded: $25,306

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  Fernanda Rezende
  Genetics of immune competence in beef cattle
  Amount Funded: $45,773

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  Lynn Sollenberger
  Next-Stage Screening of Bahiagrass Breeding Lines to Identify New Varieties for the Florida Cattle Industry
  Amount Funded: $50,040

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  Raluca Mateescu
  Improving the accuracy of genomic selection for carcass and meat quality Year 3
  Amount Funded: $41,741

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  Raluca Mateescu
  Learning from Brahman cattle how to dissipate heat in a hot world
  Amount Funded: $41,886

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  Emma Matcham
  Impact of rate and source of Nitrogen and Potassium fertilizers on yield, nutritive value, and profitability of Bermudagrass and Bahiagrass hay production in sandy soils of North Florida
  Amount Funded: $30,888

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  Yang Lin
  Rapid and cost-effective prediction of soil health indicators
  Amount Funded: $24,907

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  Nicolas DiLorenzo
  Impact of Brahman genetics on feed efficiency and methane emissions of heifers with implications for the Florida cow-calf producers
  Amount Funded: $126,519

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  Joao Vendramini
  What is the feed value of fall fertilized forage in Florida
  Amount Funded: $11,594

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  Joao Vendramini
  Evaluation of new warm-season perennial grass cultivars adapted to poorly drained soils and propagated by seed in Florida
  Amount Funded: $31,631

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  Diwakar Vyas
  Environmental Impact Analysis of Cow-Calf Operations in Florida: A Life Cycle Assessment
  Amount Funded: $30,596

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  Raluca Mateescu
  Using genomics to estimate heterosis effect on growth and carcass traits
  Amount Funded: $46,863

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  Rosvel Bracho-Garrillo
  Evaluating the carbon balance, greenhouse gas emissions and global warming potential of typical Florida cow-calf production systems.
  Amount Funded: $37,233

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  Brad Daigneault
  Finding new sperm traits that more accurately estimate bull fertility
  Amount Funded: $39,507

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  Mario Binelli
  Predicting Puberty in Brahman Heifers and Bulls: can we predict early puberty at weaning?
  Amount Funded: $72,948

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  Mario Binelli
  Predicting Fertility in Brahman Cows
  Amount Funded: $38,106

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  Hui-Ling Liao
  Mycotoxins, nitrate, cyanide and monensin toxicity in Florida pastures, hay and livestock feeds
  Amount Funded: $58,241

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  Mario Binelli
  Improving fertility, growth and carcass traits of the UF Brahman herd through genomic selection and targeted breeding year 3
  Amount Funded: $36,830

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  Philipe Moriel
  A new supplementation strategy for beef heifers in Florida
  Amount Funded: $72,531

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  Brent Sellers
  Utility of Liquid Nitrogen Fertilizer and Soil Surfactants
  Amount Funded: $34,419

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  Joao Bittar
  Effect of injectable trace minerals use at two different
  Amount Funded: $55,553

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  Marcelo Wallau
  Maintenance and expansion of vegetatively-propagated pastures for Florida farmers
  Amount Funded: $33,497

• FY 2022-2023

  Project Coordinator	Name of Study	Amount
  Lynn E. Sollenberger	Next-Stage Screening of Bahiagrass Breeding Lines to Identify New Varieties for the Florida Cattle Industry	$16,955
  Brent Sellers	Utility of Liquid Nitrogen Fertilizer and Soil Surfactants for Smutgrass Control with Hexazinone	$52,893
  Brent Sellers	Impact of Individual Macronutrients on Broomsedge Densities in Bahiagrass Pastures	$17,359
  Phiilpe Moriel	Fatty acid supplementation to increase pregnancy rates in multiparous beef cows	$67,782
  Joao Vendramini	Evaluation of new warm-season perennial grass cultivars propagated by seed in Florida - Year 2	$33,516
  Todd Thrift	Impact of implant strategy on Brahman sired steer performance, carcass traits, and tenderness	$17,640
  Maria L. Silveira	EVALUATING THE AGRONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF NEW FL-DEP	$56,183
  G Golmohammadi	Mitigation strategies for groundwater quality improvement in grazing lands of Florida	$56,707
  Angela Gonella-Diaza	Genomics to phenomics integration to predict feed efficiency in beef cattle: year 2.	$50,967
  Joao Vendramini	Refining phosphorus fertilization recommendations for limpograss in South Florida - Year 2	$44,447
  Jose C. Dubeux	Animal performance and methane emissions of cattle grazing stockpiled ‘Gibtuck’ limpograss under different supplementation strategies in North Florida	$35,663
  John F. Roberts	Identification and characterization of biomarkers for ovarian follicular dysplasia (OFD) in cattle	$53,906
  Nicolas DiLorenzo	Potential use of algae as a feed supplement to increase production and sustainability of Florida beef	$59,250
  Raluca Mateescu	Improving the accuracy of genomic selection for carcass and meat quality	$34,587
  Raluca Mateescu	Using genomics to estimate heterosis effect on growth and carcass traits	$33,859
  Ann R. Blount	Mycotoxins in bahiagrass, limpograss, bermudagrass and smutgrass in Florida pastures	$67,834
  Raluca Mateescu	Learning from Brahman cattle how to dissipate heat in a hot world	$41,867
  Yang Lin	Building a soil health database for Florida ranchlands	$21,314
  Deanne Maples	Florida Beef Council Beef Marketing & Promotions Programming	$204,000
  Administrative/Audit	For Use to pay for the required Audit and for Administrative fees that UF might incur	$33,271
  	Total	$1,000,000

• FY 2021-2022

  FY 21-22 Final Report

  Project Coordinator	Name of Research Study	$ Available
  Joao Vendramini	Evaluation of new warm-season perennial grass cultivars propagated by seed in Florida	$37,051
  Brent Sellers	Utility of Liquid Nitrogen Fertilizer and Soil Surfactants for Smutgrass Control with Hexazinone	$47,593
  Angela Gonella	Genomics to Phenomics integration to predict feed efficiency in beef cattle	$55,159
  Lynn Sollenberger	Selecting New Bahiagrass Varieties for the Florida Cattle Industry	$24,774
  Esteban Rios	Diversifying Forage Options for Beef Cattle Systems in Florida	$41,720
  Joao Vendramini	Refining phosphorus fertilization recommendations for limpograss in South Florida	$55,150
  Brent Sellers	Impact of Individual Macronutrients on Broomsedge Densities in Bahiagrass Pastures	$16,948
  Philipe Moriel	Biomarkers to predict future cow performance and response to supplementation	$40,006
  Tracy Scheffler	Tenderness of Bos indicus-influenced beef	$18,648
  Raluca Mateescu	Using genomics to estimate heterosis effect on growth and carcass traits	$38,332
  Mario Binelli	Improving fertility, growth and carcass traits of the UF Brahman herd through genomic selection and targeted breeding	$34,952
  Raluca Mateescu	Improving the accuracy of genomic selection for carcass and meat quality	$31,012
  Mario Binelli	Predicting Puberty in Brahman Heifers and Bulls	$44,423
  John Arthington	UF Brahman Project	$68,908
  Maria Silveira	Evaluating the agronomic and environmental impacts of new FL-DEP biosolids rule	$64,328
  Todd Thrift	Florida raised beef strip steak quality audit	$13,054
  Peter Hansen	Identifying genetic markers for neonatal weak calf syndrome in Brahman cattle	$12,902
  Rosvel Bracho-Garrillo	Evaluating the carbon balance and global warming potential of typical Florida cow-calf production systems	$33,476
  FCEB	Audit and Operating Expenses	$20,000
  Deanne Maples	Florida Beef Council Promotional Request	$50,000
  	Total	$748,436

• FY 2019-2020

  Project Coordinator	Name of  Project and Final Report	Amount Approved	Executive Summary
  Purvis & Gray	Audit	$15,000	See final report
  Alan M. West	Contract Support from UF	$10,000	See final report
  Dubeux, Jose	Canopy Characterization of stockpiled limpograss in North Florida (Year 2)	$17,408	Summary
  Silveira, Maria L.	Phosphorous Budget for Cow-Calf Operations in the State of Florida	$18,390	Summary
  DiLorenzo, Nicolas	What is the link between feed efficiency, reproduction competence and heat tolerance in Brahman influenced cattle?	$52,163	Summary
  Minteer, Carey	Release strategy optimization of classical biological control agents for Brazilian peppertree in Florida	$76,751
  Maples, Deanne	Florida Beef Marketing and Promotion Retail Coupon Campaign	$54,109	See final report
  Thrift, Todd	Florida raised beef strip steak quality audit	$11,950
  Sollenberger, Lynn	Selecting New Bahiagrass Varieties for the Florida Cattle Industry	$25,318	Summary
  Binelli, Mario	Predicting puberty in Brahman heifers	$41,395	Summary
  Silveira, Maria L.	Agronomic and environmental impacts of land application of biosolids to bahiagrass pastures in Florida	$66,345	Summary
  Binelli, Mario	Control of embryo receptivity and fertilty in beef cows	$21,990	Summary
  Wallau, Marcelo	Bermudagrass establishment techniques and expansion of planting matierial	$33,790	Summary
  Binelli, Mario	Puberty induction as a strategy to increase reproductive performance of Brahman-influenced heifers	$27,915	Summary
  Rios, Esteban	Development of Improved Legumes for Florida	$25,760	Summary
  Boughton, Betsey	What is the optimal grazing regime to maintain wetland forage production?	$16,257
  Cuda, James	Laboratory Rearing and Impact Assessment of the Gall Midge Orseolia javanica (Diptera: Ce-cidomyiidae), a Potential Biological Control Agent of the Invasive Cogongrass	$43,141	Summary
  Binelli, Mario	Using genomic tools to continue the expansion of the Brahman herd at the University of Florida	$26,645	Summary
  Moriel, Philipe	Boosting reproduction without increasing feed costs of beef heifers in Florida	$72,739	Summary
  Blount, Anne	Continuation of grass endophytes and mycotoxins occurrence in Florida pastures	$46,334
  Mateescu, Raluca	Can we predict heterosis from genetic markers?	$23,240
  Sellers, Brent	Increasing soil fertility to manage broomsedge in bahiagrass pastures	$23,360	Summary
  Total		$750,000

• FY 2018-2019

  Project Coordinator	Name of  Project	Amount Approved	Executive Summary
  Mario Binelli	Continuing the expansion of the Brahman herd at the University of Florida	$56,000	Summary
  Philipe Moriel	Does year-round supplementation of cows pay off?	$19,769	Summary
  Mauricio A. Elzo	Florida Brahman: Genomic selection for tenderness, marbling, and reproductive tract score	$106,357	Summary
  Raluca Mateescu	Using Genomics to Beef Up meat quality in Brahman influenced cattle	$58,000
  Philipe Moriel	Evaluating cost-effective supplementation programs for cows during late-gestation	$18,000	Summary
  Brent Sellers	Optimizing Herbicide Rates for Wiping Smutgrass and Impacts of Rainfall and Non-structural Carbohydrates on Smutgrass Control	$22,259	Summary
  Brent Sellers	Increasing Soil Fertility to Manage Broomsedge in Bahiagrass Pastures	$28,511	Summary
  Jose C Dubeux	Supplementation strategies for first-calf heifers grazing stockpiled limpograss in North Florida	$25,000
  Philipe Moriel	Overcoming the negative impacts of frequency of supplementation on reproduction of developing replacement beef heifers	$28,000	Summary
  Maria L. Silveira	Agronomic and environmental impacts of land application of biosolids to bahiagrass pastures in Florida	$63,200	Summary
  Fredy Altpeter	Precision breeding for herbicide resistance and improved digestability in bahiagrass	$48,000	Summary
  Cheryl Mackowiak	Fertilizer management impacts on Florida bahiagrass pasture health	$20,000	Summary
  Dr Raoul Boughton	Florida Calf Loss - 2018-2019 continuation (yr3)	$50,000	Summary
  Marcelo Wallau	Management alternatives and and variety testing for Alfalfa-Bermudagrass pastures in North Florida	$44,983
  Ann Blount	Presence of grass endophytes and mycotoxins in Florida pastures?	$52,000	Summary
  Esteban Rios	Development of Improved Forage Cultivars and Management Systems for Florida Conditions	$42,000	Summary
  Allyson Trimble	Florida Beef Marketing and Promotion Ibotta Campaign	$50,000	See final report
  Alan M West	Services provided by the Office of the University of Florida Controller will provide to the Cattle Enhancement Board (CEB)	$10,000	See final report
  Purvis Gray & Company	Required Annual Audit of Florida Cattle Enhancement Board	$7,921	See final report
  Total		$750,000

• FY 2017-2018

  Project Coordinator	Name of  Project	Amount Approved	Executive Summary
  Sellers, Brent	Optimizing herbicide rates for wiping smutgrass and impacts of rainfall and non-structural carbohydrates on smutgrass control	$20,158	Summary
  Boughton, Raoul	Florida Calf Loss	$150,000
  Silveira, Maria L	Agronomic and environmental impacts of land application of biosolids to bahiagrass pastures in Florida	$49,998	Summary
  Lamb, Cliff	Understanding the relationship between feed efficiency and fertility in replacement beef heifers	$51,324	Summary
  Elzo, Mauricio A	Florida Brahman: Genomic selection for tenderness, marbling, and reproductive tract score	$94,566	Summary
  Mackowiak, Cheryl	Options for phosphorus fertilization and retention in bahiagrass pastures’	$63,349	Summary
  Moriel, Philipe	Does year-round supplementation of cows pay off?	$27,714	Summary
  Moriel, Philipe	Evaluating cost-effective supplementation programs for cows during late-gestation	$37,310	Summary
  Sellers, Brent	Increasing soil fertility to manage broomsedge in bahiagrass pastures	$25,095	Summary
  Dahl, Geoffrey	Development and expansion of the Brahman herd at the University	$15,992	See final report
  Vendramini, Joao	Identification of superior limpograss cultivars under low-input systems	$28,308	Summary
  Huo, Qun	Immune Response Test for Cattle Breeding and Health Management	$40,176
  Sollenberger, Lynn E	Defining the importance of soil pH, Potassium, and Phospourous in reversing bahiagrass pasture decline on Florida Cattle Ranches	$17,666	Summary
  Rios, Esteban (was Munoz, Patricio)	Development of Improved Forage Cultivars and Management Systems for Florida Conditions	$43,108	Summary
  Florida Cattlemen's Association	Florida Traceability Initiative -Demonstration Project 2018	$85,000	See final report
  Total		$749,765

• FY 2016-2017

  Project Coordinator	Name of  Project	Amount Approved	Executive Summary
  Locke, J.W.C.	Comparison of long-term progestin-based protocols to synchronize estrus prior to fixed-time artificial insemination or natural service in Bos indicus-influenced beef heifers	$58,268	Summary
  Vendramini, Joao	Identification of superior limpograss cultivars under low-input systems	$38,447	Summary
  Silveira, Maria L	Agronomic and environmental impacts of land application of biosolids to bahiagrass pastures in Florida	$66,009	Summary
  Moriel, Philipe	Does year-round supplementation of cows pay off?	$35,276	Summary
  Lamb, Cliff	Understanding the relationship between feed efficiency and fertility in replacement beef heifers	$68,693	Summary
  Lamb, Cliff	Impact of enhanced Insulin-Like Growth factor I (IGF-I) on fetal development during the first trimester of pregnancy	$36,449	Summary
  Elzo, Mauricio A	Florida Brahman: Genomic selection for tenderness, marbling, and reproductive tract score	$208,384	Summary
  Moriel, Philipe	Evaluating cost-effective supplementation programs for cows during late-gestation	$49,765	Summary
  Huo, Qun	Immune Response Test for Cattle Breeding and Health Management	$54,486
  Silveira, Maria L	Managing Soil Health for Pasture Sustainability	$31,680	Summary
  Sollenberger, Lynn E	Defining the importance of soil pH, Potassium, and Phospourous in reversing bahiagrass pasture decline on Florida Cattle Ranches	$51,233	Summary
  Lamb, Cliff	Development of a puberty indication protocol for Bos indicus-based heifers in Florida	$33,784	Summary
  Sellers, Brent	Increasing soil fertility to manage broomsedge in bahiagrass pastures	$24,655	Summary
  Nelson, Corwin	Effects of Dietary vitamins A, D, and E sources fed peri-partum on body stores of vitamins A, D, and E of beef cows and calves	$54,395
  Dilorenzo, Nicolas	Chemically treating forages with alkali may improve digestibility and enhance beef cattle performance	$45,445
  Dahl, Geoffrey	Development and expansion of the Brahman herd at the University	$86,800	See final report
  Scheffler, Tracy	Relating Growth to Beef Tenderness and Thermotolerance of Brahman Steers	$68,890	Summary
  Braden, Tim	Development of a Diagnostic Test for Ovarian Follicular Dysplasia (OFD)	$173,718	Summary
  Mackowiak, Cheryl	Options for phosphorus fertilization and retention in bahiagrass pastures’	$97,976	Summary
  Sellers, Brent	Optimizing herbicide rates for wiping smutgrass and impacts of rainfall and non-structural carbohydrates on smutgrass control	$28,829	Summary
  Boughton, Raoul	Florida Calf Loss	$191,427
  Rios, Esteban	Development of Improved Forage Cultivars and Management Systems for Florida Conditions	$59,052	Summary
  Hughes, Ashley	Florida Beef Marketing and Promotion – Option 1	$250,000	See final report
  Patterson, Geoffrey	Florida Cattle Industry Videos Option 1	$50,000	See final report
  Souto, Javier	Miami International Agriculture, Horse and Cattle Show	$25,000	See final report
  Total		$1,980,435

• FY 2015-2016

  Project Coordinator	Name of  Project	Amount Approved	Executive Summary
  Altpeter, Fredy	Precision breeding for improved digestibility and herbicide resistance in bahiagrass	$50,000	Summary
  Arthington, John	Using RFID technology to Identify mineral intake variation and subsequent copper and selenium status of Brahman cattle	$33,744	Summary
  Lamb, Cliff	Estrus synchronization (ES) and fixed-time artificial insemination (TAI) on pregnancy and calving of Florida beef herds	$22,175	Summary
  Lamb, Cliff	The effects of bST administration prior to TAI on pregnancy rates, fetal development and hormonal profile of beef heifers	$35,225	Summary
  Kaufman,Philip	Development of novel UF patented semiochemical-based insecticides for biting flies of cattle	$53,784	Summary
  Hughes, Ashley	Florida Beef Marketing Plan Option 2	$249,681
  FDACS	Pre-Approved FDACS Commercial	$60,000
  DiLorenzo, Nicolas	Effects of the natural biopolymer chitosan on performance of growing cattle	$33,200	Summary
  Mateescu,Raluca	Increasing the value of Florida beef through genomics	$106,980
  Sellers, Brent	Management of Broomsedge Species in Bahiagrass Pastures	$21,967	Summary
  Mackowiak, Cheryl	Biosolids options for phosphorus fertilization and its effect on P retention in pasture soils	$53,673	Summary
  Silveira, Maria	Agronomic and Environmental Impacts of Land Application of Biosolids to Bahiagrass Pastures in Florida	$69,046	Summary
  Rae, Owen	Assessment of Calf Loss in Florida Beef Cattle Populations	$28,760	Summary
  Sollenberger, Lynn	Defining the Importance of Soil pH, Potassium, and Phosphorus in Reversing Bahiagrass Pasture Decline on Florida Cattle Ranches	$34,446	Summary
  Vendramini, Joao	Identification of superior limpograss cultivars under low-input systems	$25,152	Summary
  Braden, Tim	Ovarian Follicular Dysplasia (OFD): Early Detection and Origin	$122,167	Summary
  Total		$1,000,000