🎉The Global Food Systems Institute is pleased to announce three more UF/IFAS International Awards. These awards recognize outstanding efforts by faculty and staff to internationalize all three land grant mission areas.
Happy National Milk Day!
Did you know there are about 125,000 dairy cows in Florida that produce nearly 300 million gallons of milk a year!?
Be sure to grab a glass of milk today to celebrate!🐄
Had an amazing time interacting with the Jefferson County 'Life, Liberty, & Livestock 4-H Club' members! Inspiring to see their passion and excitement for agriculture and livestock. Future looks bright with these young leaders! 🌱 #4H#YouthInAg#FutureFarmers@uf_ansci@UFCALS
Recently, as part of the USDA-FAS Advancing Agricultural Excellence Program, four fellows coming from Africa spent two months in Florida visiting several UF/IFAS research and education centers.
Tap the link below to read more about their experience
https://t.co/iZ0N1tu8F5
Congratulations to two of our faculty members for their promotions to Associate Professors with Tenure!
Dr. Jason Scheffler and Dr. Diwakar Vyas have served the UF Animal Sciences Department with passion and dedication.
Congratulations, Dr. Scheffler and Dr. Vyas!🐊
Very excited about this paper by Richard et al. Measuring #methane in a dual-flow continuous culture is rarely done and we are making progress in finding ways to make it more doable. Great potential given the importance of #GHG#sustainable#Dairy#Beef#Ruminants#Sustainability
𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒! 🎇
Please join us in celebrating our distinguished GFSI faculty who have recently been promoted to Associate Professors!
We are proud of having you in our team!
#GFSI
Thank you so much to Jeff Pitman and family for hosting our group today! It was a world-class tour of cropping systems in the Southeast.Thanks also for the great hospitality! @UF_IFAS @nutridairy @UF_IFAS_GFSI @UFIFASAgronomy @ufifasnfrec
Check out our new paper @ADSAorg Comparing rumen fluid collection methods on fermentation profile and microbial population in lactating dairy cows - JDS Communications https://t.co/N2svqsPQzi
Thank you so much for Brad and Meghan Austin from Cindale farms to host our USDA Fellows this morning! It was great for them to learn about such a unique dairy operation in our State! @UF_IFAS_GFSI @UFIFASAgronomy @ufifasnfrec @nutridairy
Busy morning four our USDA Fellows! Thanks to Larry Ford and Bill Conrad for hosting us at their farms, and to Camila Souza for demonstrating in the lab the soil-test biological activity! @UF_IFAS @UFIFASAgronomy @nutridairy @UF_IFAS_GFSI
Thanks to our NFREC Quincy faculty for hosting our USDA Fellows from Africa today! They had a blast learning more about cropping systems and nutrient management in Florida! @UF_IFAS @UFIFASAgronomy @ufifasnfrec @nutridairy @UF_IFAS_GFSI
Great time today with the USDA Fellows from Africa! We discussed about our forage program and visited Beaver Yoder, who is integrating cattle and cropping systems! @UF_IFAS @UFIFASAgronomy @ufifasnfrec @nutridairy @UF_IFAS_GFSI