• Coyotes in Florida - IFAS publication
  The Coyote: Florida's Newest Predator
  University of Florida Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences (IFAS)
  The Ecology and Economics of Florida's Ranches
• Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
  Florida's Cattle Industry
• Promotion, politics, & support
  Florida Cattlemen's Association
• Florida Cow-Calf Management (IFAS)
  Practicing Good Management
• Palpating cows (OSU)
  Pregnancy Detection in Cattle
• Infectious, contagious bacterial disease (IFAS)
  Brucella Abortus Disease (Brucellosis) in Beef Cattle
• Cattle loving bloodsucking insects (IFAS)
  Horn Flies
• Advocacy, education, and public awareness
  Pelican Island Audubon Society
• Preservation, conservation, and improvement
  Indian River Land Trust
• Science for a sustainable future
  Florida Research Center for Agricultural Sustainability
• Two threats to pasture grass (IFAS)
  Fall Armyworm | Beet Armyworm
• "#1 Market in the Southeast"
  Okeechobee Livestock Market
• Improving beef, forage, field crops, and dairy production
  IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center
• Florida Folklife Program
  Florida Cattle Ranching: Five Centuries of Tradition
• Another noxious pasture weed (IFAS)
  Tropical Soda Apple
• Home of the Braford Cattle
  Adams Ranch
• The value of semen testing (IFAS)
  Managing Bull Fertility in Beef Cattle Herds
• Mississippi State University Extension Service
  Ultrasound Scanning Beef Cattle for Body Composition
• Iowa State University CUP Lab
  Beef Cattle Anatomy and Ultrasound
• Arizona Ranchers' Management Guide
  Castrating Calves and Lambs
• Indian River Soil & Water Conservation District
  Small Farm, Ranchette, & Country Estate Best Management Practices Manual
  

Thistles & Smutgrass
Two serious problems facing cattle ranchers in Florida are thistles and smutgrass taking over valuable pastureland. These seemingly ubiquitous plants are common in the landscape of Treasure Hammock Ranch and will be plainly evident in many of the photographs. The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) has produced two publications that detail the problems:
Smutgrass Control in Perennial Grass Pastures
Thistle Control in Pastures