IFAS Extension
Release Date: 4/7/2026
Agriculture
Abstract
About this Publication
This document is SS-AGR-65, one of a series of the Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Extension. Originally written by C. G. Chambliss and E. L. Johnson in May 1997. Revised January 2019 and December 2025. This publication is also a part of the Florida Forage Handbook, an electronic publication of the Department of Agronomy. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.
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Authors
associate program leader for agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension, and forage Extension specialist and associate professor, UF/IFAS Department of Agronomy
associate professor emeritus, equine, Department of Animal Sciences
center director, Texas A&M AgriLife Stephenville Research and Extension Center, former professor and forage specialist, Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center
associate professor and equine Extension specialist, UF/IFAS Department of Animal Sciences, Gainesville, FL
Extension agent II, M.S., agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension Marion County, Ocala, FL
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