Forage Team

Technical Information

Here you can find lists of helpful publications, organized by category on all you need to know about forage breeds, management, and quality.

The Electronic Data Information Source (EDIS) are peer-reviewed technical articles that provide information on agriculture, natural resources, family and consumer sciences, and youth development for the general audience. Those documents are reviewed every three years, and bring up-to-date, research-based information. All documents are available on the new "Ask IFAS" platform. Here, we bring a selection of the most relevant forage-related articles. Many of these were previously printed as the "Florida Forages Handbook."

Cool-Season Annual Forages

Fertility Management & Soils
- Soil and Plant Tissue Testing
- Soil-Tested-Based Phosphorus Recommendations for Commercial Agricultural Production in Florida
- Tissue Analysis as a Nutrient Management Tool for Bahiagrass Pastures
- Utilization of Biosolids in Forage Production Systems in Florida

Forage Quality
- Bermudagrass Production in Florida
- Condensed Tannins in Forage Legumes
- Defining Forage Quality
- Factors Affecting Forage Quality
- Forage Testing
- Methods of Forage Moisture Testing

Grasses
- Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flueggé): Overview and Pasture Management
- Bermudagrass Production in Florida
- Digitgrasses
- Ecosystem Services Provided by Grass-Legume Pastures
- Five Basic Steps to Successful Perennial Pasture Grass Establishment From Vegetative Cuttings on South Florida Flatwoods
- Mott Elephantgrass
Others
- 'Callide' Rhodesgrass
- Florakirk Bermudagrass
- Mulato II (Brachiaria sp.)

Legumes
- Planting Dates, Rates, and Methods of Agronomic Crops
- Rhizoma Perennial Peanut
- Strip-Planting Rhizoma Peanut into Grazing Systems
- Sweetclover Production and Use in Florida
- White Clover
- Winter Forage Legume Guide

Livestock Management
- Calculating Reproductive Performance in Beef Operations: The University of Florida Beef Herds’ 2019 Breeding Season
- Creep Grazing for Suckling Calves—A Pasture Management Practice
- Forage-Based Heifer Development Program for North Florida
- Pastures and Forage Crops for Horses

Pasture Establishment

Pasture Management
- Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flueggé): Overview and Pasture Management
- Brunswickgrass (Paspalum nicorae): A Weed Contaminant in Southern Pastures and Bahiagrass Seed Production Fields
- Creep Grazing for Suckling Calves—A Pasture Management Practice
- Dealing With High Fertilizer Costs in Forage Production Systems
- Ecosystem Services Provided by Grass-Legume Pastures
- Establishment of Silvopasture in Existing Pastures
- Pastures and Forage Crops for Horses
- Tissue Analysis as a Nutrient Management Tool for Bahiagrass Pastures
- Utilization of Biosolids in Forage Production Systems in Florida
- Weed Management during Pasture Establishment

Perennial Forage
- Five Basic Steps to Successful Perennial Pasture Grass Establishment From Vegetative Cuttings on South Florida Flatwoods
- Florakirk Bermudagrass
- Florida Carpon Desmodium
- Limpograss (Hemarthria altissima): Overview and Management
Others
- 'Callide' Rhodesgrass

Warm-Season Annual Forages
- Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum): Overview and Management
- Planting Dates, Rates, and Methods of Agronomic Crops

Weed Control
- Brunswickgrass (Paspalum nicorae): A Weed Contaminant in Southern Pastures and Bahiagrass Seed Production Fields
- Weed Management during Pasture Establishment

Other
- Calibrating Forage Seeding Equipment
- Hurricane Preparedness for Forage Crops in the Southeast United States