Livestock & Pasture Resources

• Cattle

  HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR CATTLE OWNERS

  • Beef Cattle Resources
  • Beef Industry Resourcs
  • Insect Control
  • 4-H Beef Project
  • Dairy Cattle Resources
  • Dairy Cattle Nutrition
  • Milk Production Resources
  • 4-H Dairy Project
• Horses

  HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR HORSE OWNERS

  • General Horse Resources
  • Horse Diseases
  • Insect Control
  • 4-H Horse Project
  • Colic Resources
  • Horses Nutrition
  • Creeping Indigo
  • Saddle and Tack Care
• Poultry

  HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR POULTRY OWNERS

  • POULTRY NUTRITION
  • PROPER EGG HANDLING
  • Raising Backyard Chickens for Eggs
  • Raising Backyard Chickens for Eggs -Hard Copy for Purchase
  • External Parasites for Poultry
  • Intestinal Parasaites in Poultry
  • Poultry Manure as Fertilizer
  • Comon Poultry Diseases
  • Care of Baby Chicks

  Online Courses Available

  

  Backyard Poultry Basics

  Looking to get started with raising backyard chickens or just trying to learn more? This course offers a beginners guide to raising chickens for eggs and covers topics such as breed selection, housing, egg care, and much more.  8 guided modules with a range of course content for you to complete at your own pace. Certificate of completion offered after passing the final quiz. Certificate can be used to fulfill educational requirement for many cities Backyard Hen Permit. 

  

  Selling Backyard Poultry Products

  Selling Backyard Poultry Products is a course designed for those seeking to start a business selling poultry or poultry products. This course will walk you through how to legally start your business of selling eggs, meat, or live poultry in the state of Florida. The course will also cover business management topics such as licensing/registration, record keeping, filing taxes, marketing your product, and drawing an income. 

  Whether you are looking to start a business or improve an existing business, this is the course for you! 

• Swine

  HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR SWINE OWNERS

  • Raising a Market Show Hog
  • Feeding Food Wastes to Swine
  • Best Practice Checklist For Swine Show Youth
  • Feral Swine Trapping
  • Selecting Pigs for Youth Swine Shows

   

• Goats & Sheep

  HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR GOAT & SHEEP OWNERS

  GOATS

  • Goat Breeds
  • Goat Nutrition
  • Reproductive Management
  • Processing & Marketing
  • Goat Regulations
  • Management & Housing
  • Goat Industry Contacts
  • Goat Industry Suppliers
  • Potential for Growth
  • Enterprise Budgets for Meat Goats - 25 Does

  SHEEP

  • Sheep Breeds
  • Sheep Nutrition
  • Reproductive Management
  • Processing & Marketing
  • Sheep Regulations
  • Sheep Management
  • Pasture Management
  • Sheep Industry Contacts
  • Sheep Industry Suppliers
  • Enterpise Budgets for Sheep

   

• Markets/Slaughterhouses

  Resources to Sell or Slaughter Livestock

  *In no way is UF endorsing a particular company or service, this is simply a compilation of resources for those in North East Florida*

  KERR'S AUCTION

  8383 Ramona Blvd W

  Jacksonville, Florida 32221

  904-786-2617

  1st & 3rd Thursday of the Month

  Start Time: 7pm

   

  COLUMBIA LIVESTOCK MARKET

  4557 US-441,

  Lake City, FL 32025

  386-755-2300

  Every Monday

  Start Time: 1pm

   

  NORTH FLORIDA LIVESTOCK MARKET

  12171 S US HWY 441

  Lake City, FL 32025

  386-755-3576

  Every Wednesday

  Start Time: 1pm

   

  OCALA STOCKYARD

  9100 NW Gainesville Road

  Ocala, FL 34482

  352-732-4454

  Cattle Sale:

  Every Monday, Start Time: 1pm

  Hog & Goat Sale

  1st Friday of the Month, Start Time: 12pm

   

  Know of another market? Contact Us to put them on the list!

   

  USDA-INSPECTED: PERSONAL CONSUMPTION OR SELLING

   

  NETTLE'S SAUSAGE (PORK)

  190 SW Country Road 240

  Lake City, Florida 32025

  386-752-2510

   

  NETTLE'S BEEF PROCESSING (PROCESSES BEEF, LAMB, & GOATS)

  147 SW Country Road 240

  Lake City, Florida 32025

  386-752-2228

   

  CUSTOM SLAUGHTER HOUSES: ONLY FOR PERSONAL CONSUMPTION OF MEAT.

   

  MILK & HONEY FARMS MEAT PROCESSING

  5310 Long Branch Road

  Jacksonville, Fl 32234

  904-738-1100

   

  WJ WAINRIGHT & SON

  135 Wil Wainright Road

  Nahunta, Georgia 31553

  912-462-5593

   

  GEIGER MEATS

  1121 Cahoon Road South

  Jacksonville, FL 32221

  904-378-9040

   

  REED'S PROCESSING

  Hilliard, FL

  904-845-2096

  904-507-9369

   

  NORTH FLORIDA CUSTOM MEATS

  9817 SW County Road 239A

  Lake Butler, FL 32054

  386-496-2276

   

  Know of another butcher? Contact Us to put them on the list!

• Pasture

  PASTURE RESOURCES

  • WEED MANAGEMENT IN PASTURES
  • PASTURE AERATION
  • WEED MANAGEMENT DURING PASTURE ESTABLISHMENT
  • NUTRIENT CYCLING
  • BUDGETS FOR PASTURE ESTABLISHMENT
  • FERTLIZING AND LIMING
  • PASTURE STOCKING DENSITY
  • MANAGING SPITTLEBUGS
• Hay

  Hay Resources

  • FORAGE TESTING
  • ESTIMATING AMOUNT OF FORAGE
  • ROUND BALE SIZES
  • WINTER FEED ESTIMATOR
  • SUPPLEMENTING BEEF CATTLE
  • FORAGE QUALITY
  • WINTER LEGUME GUIDE
  • SPIDERWORT CONTROL
• Soil Testing & Diagnostic Services

  Soil Testing

  UF offers a variety of soil testing services. 

  • General Information
  • Producer Soil Test Form (Pastures [besides bahia pasture], crops, etc.)
  • Bahia Pasture Soil Test Form
  • Plant Tissue Test
  • Irrigation Water Test

  Diagnostic Services

  • General Information
  • Plant ID
  • Nematode Assay Lab
  • Plant Health
  • Insect ID
  • Plant Pathology
  • Submit a Digital Sample