| 1999 | |
| October | Bull Buying Not So EZ!!! - Jim Selph, Desoto County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| November | Circle 5 Bar Ranch - Lockie Gary, Hardee County Extension Director |
| December | Utilize Body Condition Scoring to
Improve Beef Cow Productivity - Dr. John Arthington, Beef Cattle Management, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| 2000 | |
| January | Johne's Disease A Concern For Florida Cattlemen - Patrick Hogue, Highlands County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| February | South Florida Beef Industry's Challenges for 2000 and
Beyond - Doug Mayo, Polk County Extension Livestock Agent |
| March | Fertilization and Liming of Limpograss (Hemarthria) For Summer Grazing - Jack Rechcigl Professor, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| April | We Had Better Be Paying Attention
- Pat Miller, Okeechobee County Extension Dairy/Water Quality Agent |
| May | How Well Do You Know Your Soils? - Travis Seawright, Manatee County Extension Agent |
| June | Controlling Mole crickets on Bahiagrass Pasture
with Nematodes - Dr. Martin Adjei, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| July | General Pharmaceutical Care and Handling - James Stice, Pasco County Extension Agent |
| August | Anaplasmosis "Old Disease–New Problem" - Jim Selph - Desoto County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| September | Nitrate Poisoning in Grazing Cattle - John Arthington, PhD - Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| October | Minimizing Errors in Herd Bull Selection - Lockie Gary - Hardee County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| December | Ensuring Reproductive Success of Beef Cattle - Dr. Allen Williams - Extension Beef Specialist |
| 2001 | |
| January | Managing Calves to Minimize Shrink at Marketing - Dr. Findlay Pate, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| February | Back to the basics – Begin Your 2001 Fertilizer Program with a Good Liming Practice - Dr. Martin Adjei, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| March | Florida Cattlemen's Association Water Quality BMP Practices
for Cow/Calf Operations: A job well done, a manual worth studying - Pat Miller, Okeechobee County Extension Agent |
| April | Foot and Mouth Disease - Brenda Heberling, Polk County Extension Livestock/4-H Agent |
| May | Examination of Pasture Management Practices Can Improve Profitability - Mark Wade, Ph.D., Indian River REC, Ft. Pierce, FL |
| June | Proposed EPA Regulations to Address
Water Pollution from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
- James Stice, Pasco County Extension Livestock Agent |
| August | Identification of Fall Pasture Insect Pests - Jim Selph, Desoto County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| September | Effect of sulfur-containing fertilizer on bahiagrass quality and grazing cow mineral status
- Dr. John Arthington, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| October | Local Animal Disaster Preparedness - Travis Seawright, Manatee County Livestock Extension Agent |
| November | Agroterrorism, How Vulnerable Are We and What Can We Do?
- Lockie Gary, Hardee County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| December | Foliar N-Spray May Improve the Quality of Stockpiled limpograss - Dr. Martin Adjei, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| 2002 | |
| January | Adding Fats to Liquid Supplements - Dr. Findlay Pate, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| February | A History of the Kissimmee / Lake Okeechobee Protective and Restoration Program - David (Bo) Griffin, Project Manager, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service Submitted by Pat Hogue, Okeechobee County Extension |
| March | Dr. William "Bill" E. Kunkle - Pat Miller, Okeechobee County Extension |
| April | The Florida Bull Test: An Opportunity To Observe
The Performance of Bulls Under Florida Conditions - Dr. Bob Sand, Animal Science, University of Florida, Gainesville |
| May | Consumer Responses to Food Safety Information Should be a Concern - Mark Wade, Ph.D., Indian River REC, Ft. Pierce, FL |
| June | The Mole Cricket Nematode is Spreading Fast to Control
Mole Crickets in South-Central Florida Pastures - Martin B. Adjei (Ona), Herb Harbin (Osceola), Lockie Gary (Hardee), Jim Selph (DeSoto), Joe Walter (Brevard), Dennis Mudge (Orange), Travis Seawright (Manatee) and Gary Mikulecky (Highlands), UF/IFAS |
| July | Death Knell for the "The Plant from Hell"
- Gary Mikulecky, Highlands County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| August | The Importance of Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Tom Anton, Ph.D., Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| September | Cattle Identification
- Jim Selph, Desoto County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| October | Whats In a Name? - Growth Hormones in Question - Pat Hogue, Okeechobee County Extension Livestock Agent |
| November | Who Needs Foreign Aid? - Lockie Gary, Hardee County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| December | Hats Are Important to Ranchers and Farmers - Travis Seawright, Manatee County Livestock Extension Agent |
| 2003 | |
| January | Judicious Use of Sewage Sludge for Pasture Production is a Win-Win Situation - Dr. Martin Adjei, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| February | Innovative Research Utilizing the Chuck Muscles - Sonja C. Crawford, Hendry County Extension 4-H Coord./Livestock Agent |
| March | The Cost of Big Cows - Dr. John Arthington, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| April | Keeping an Eye on Tropical Soda Apple Infestation on Your Pasture - Dr. Martin Adjei, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| May | Source Verification in the Cattle Business - Christy Biggy, Sarasota County Extension, Integrated Agriculture Agent |
| June | Marketing and Marketing Alliances: The Basics - Shelley Humphries, Glades County Extension 4H/Livestock Agent |
| July | Diseases of Animals Transmissible to Man - Lockie Gary - Hardee County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| August | Old World Climbing Fern - Jim Selph, Desoto County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| September | Foot Rot - Jim Selph, Desoto County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| October | Mineral Intake in Grazing Cattle - Dr. John Arthington, UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| 2004 | |
| January | Tropical Soda Apple Southern States MOU and Compliance Agreement - Pat Hogue, Okeechobee County Extension Livestock Agent |
| February | High Reproduction Rate is Essential to Financial Success in Cattle Business - Lockie Gary, Hardee County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| March | Lake Okeechobee Protection Program - Pat Miller, Okeechobee County Extension Dairy/Water Quality Agent |
| April | Beef Cattle Reproduction for Small Producers - Sonja Crawford, Hendry County 4-H/Livestock - Extension Agent |
| May | Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus - Shelley Humphries, Glades County - Extension Agent I |
| June | The Opposite Effects of N-fertilizer and Sludge
on Soil pH and Bahiagrass Pasture - Dr. Martin Adjei, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| December | National Animal ID - Just Another Government Program, or an Opportunity to
Improve? - Pat Hogue, Okeechobee County Extension Livestock Agent |
| 2005 | |
| January | Tropical Soda Apple - Jim Selph, Desoto County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| February | Citrus Pulp - A supplemental feed option for Florida Cattlemen - Dr. John Arthington, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| March | Getting Cows Bred Back - Lockie Gary, Hardee County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| May | Bahiagrass Fertilization at Springtime - Dr. Martin Adjei, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| June | National Animal ID- Why? - Brantley Ivey, Polk County Extension Livestock Agent |
| July | Protecting Cattle in a Hurricane - Gary Mikulcky, Highlands County Extension Directory & Livestock Agent |
| August | 4-H Members at Florida 4-H Congress - Sonja C. Crawford, Hendry County Extension 4-H Coord./Livestock Agent |
| September | More Marketing:
What producers should know and why they should participate - Shelley Humphries, Glades County - Extension Agent I |
| October | Riding through the winter on grass in south Florida - Dr. Ike Ezenwa, Department of Agronomy/Southwest Florida REC, Immokalee, FL |
| November | The Lake Okeechobee Protection Program - Pat Miller, Okeechobee County Extension Dairy/Water Quality Agent |
| 2006 | |
| January | The Use of Prescribed Fire on Ranchland - Lockie Gary, Hardee County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| March | A Basic Primer on the Northern Bobwhite Quail in Native Woods of Florida - Jim Selph, Extension Agent IV, CED, Livestock and Forages and Bill Giuliano, Wildlife Extension Specialist |
| April | Cleaning up Phosphorus-Enriched Soils with Hay Production - Dr. Martin Adjei, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL and Dr. J.M.S. Scholberg, UF Agronomy Dept. Gainesville, FL |
| June | NAID and EID Management; Big Difference - Brantley Ivey, Polk County Extension Livestock Agent |
| July | The Wasp that kills Mole Crickets - Gary Mikulcky, Highlands County Extension Directory & Livestock Agent |
| August | Eat More Beef - Sonja C. Crawford, Hendry County Extension 4-H Cordinator & Livestock Agent II |
| September | Living with Alligators - Shelley Humphries, Glades County Extension 4-H Coordinator/Livestock/Horticulture Agent |
| November | Stirring Up Some Dust - Pat Miller, Okeechobee County Extension Dairy/Water Quality Agent |
| December | Changing Demands, Changing Prices - Pat Hogue, Okeechobee County Extension Livestock Agent |
| 2007 | |
| January | Poisonous Plants and Livestock - Jim Selph, Desoto County Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| March | How Livestock Combat Disease - Lockie Gary, Hardee Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| April | Pasture Raised Beef - Christa L. Carlson, Extension Agent II, Livestock, Manatee County |
| May | Bermudagrass: Varieties and Establishment - Dr. Joao Vendramini, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| June | Pasture Weed Management Information Resources - Dr. Brent Sellers, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| July | Mole Cricket Management - Steffany Dragon, Hillsborough County Extension Agent - Small Farms/Livestock |
| August | What is Beef Quality Assurance and Why Become Certified - Sonja Crawford, Hendry County Extension Agent II - 4-H/Livestock |
| September | Identification and Control of Coral Ardisia (Ardisia crenata) - A Potentially Poisonous Plant - Brent Sellers, Ken Langeland, Jason Ferrell, Michael Meisenburg, and Joe Walter |
| November | Horse Health Management- Fact Sheet 01 - Lindsey Fielder, Highlands County Extension, Livestock Agent |
| December | 2007 Census of Agriculture - Your Cooperation Counts - Pat Hogue, Extension Agent Livestock for Okeechobee County |
| 2008 | |
| January | Artificial Insemination of Beef Cattle - Is it Practical? - Jim Selph, Extension Agent IV, CED, Livestock, Forages, Wildlife |
| February | Tissue Testing as a Management Tool to Predict P Fertilization Needs for Established Bahiagrass Pastures
- Dr. Maria L. Silveira - Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
| March | Great Strides by Afghan Farmers - Lockie Gary, Hardee Extension Director/Livestock Agent |
| April | Specialty Meat Labels: What do they mean? - Christa L. Carlson-Kirby, Manatee County Extension Livestock Agent |
| May | Mulato (Brachiaria sp.) - Dr. Joao Vendramini, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL |
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