UF/IFAS

Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFAS

The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board has built strong ties between Florida’s Cattle Industry and the University of Florida. We sat down with Dr. Scott Angle, Senior Vice President For Agriculture And Natural Resources and leader of UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences to learn more. Dr. Angle said, “I think it just goes back to relationships because there is …

Peanut research

Peanut Research Impacted Candy Flavoring Highlighted In New Documentary

Peanut research at the University of Georgia in Tifton has had a direct impact on the world’s top selling candy, Peanuts M&M’s. Back in 2005, Mars, the manufacturer of M&M’s, were receiving some complaints about the taste of the Peanut M&M’s, it wasn’t exactly like they thought it should be. The Mars officials agreed, they said disease and environmental issues such as droughts and …

Florida Cattle Enhancement Board

Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research Questions

The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board provides opportunities for research and we sat down with Tom Bryant, CPA with Beasley Bryant and Company CPAs and Membership Chair of the Florida Cattlemen’s Association to learn his impressions of the work that is funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board. Bryant said, “Oh, I think the Cattlemen’s Enhancement Board just provides more research …

Florida Cattle Enhancement Board

Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research Projects

The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board provides opportunities for research projects which might not have been pursued otherwise. We sat down with Dr. Nicolas DiLorenzo with the University of Florida to learn about his research into sileage. Dr. DiLorenzo said, “To be honest, without that, I don’t think I would have been able to get started. We probably would not even …

Florida Cattle

Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming Subject

The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board has provided an opportunity to highlight a difficult subject in farming through a podcast series. We caught up with Marshal Sewell with the Mind Your Melon Foundation to learn more. Sewell said, “We have got a really cool opportunity to get to work with the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and the Florida Cattlemen’s Association to continue …

Florida Cattle Enhancement Board

Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle Producers

The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board has built relationships between cattle producers and researchers. We sat down with Pat Durden, Former Florida Cattlemen’s President to learn more. Durden said, “So what it’s allowed with the Cattle Enhancement Board is those researchers to come with projects to the board and the board pick the projects they want to fund and the board is made …

Florida Cattle Enhancement Board

Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management Practices

The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board has funded research that helps to support forage development as well as improving management practices. We sat down with Dr. Jose Dubeux with the University of Florida to learn more. Dr. Dubeux said, “ With those funds I’ve been able to address different needs, not only for my research program but for the cattle industry in Florida. …

Florida Cattle Enhancement Board

Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Research Informs Policy Discussions

The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board provides insights which informs policy discussions and we caught up with Dusty Holley with the Florida Cattlemen’s Association who provided more details. Holley said, “Well the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board is so interesting because we get that and we’re stewards of that money and we really hang our hat on the fact that 98% of that …

elanco

Elanco Working To Enhance Tools To Address New World Screwworm

With the threat of recent New World Screwworm detections in Mexico, cattle producers are looking for tools to address New World Screwworm. We caught up with Thach Winslow with Elanco Animal Health to learn how Elanco is working to enhance the tools available to address New World Screwworm. Winslow said, “When it comes to part of that mitigation process, we …

Florida Cattle Enhancement Board

Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle Industry

The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board offers targeted research for the Florida cattle industry. We caught up with Dr. JoĂŁo Vendramini to learn about his experiences researching under the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board.  Vendramini said, “I think we need to give a big shout out for the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and for the members that put a tremendous effort to make it happen.” When …