The Alabama Department of Agriculture is encouraging meat processors that are eligible to apply for a new funding opportunity through the USDA Rural Development Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program – Phase 4. According to the Department, “The program provides $60 million in grant funding to support beef-focused processing facilities and strengthen local and regional supply chains. Funding is intended …
Alabama Cattlemen’s Region Meetings Begin This Week
The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Region Meetings begin this week and we caught up with Erin Beasley, Executive Vice President of the ACA to learn more. “Well looking forward to rolling out another summer of regional meetings for the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association. We get started this Friday on June the 12th. Gonna begin in North Alabama this year at the Priceville Event Center. That …
Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 06-05-2026
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended June 5, 2026, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended June 05, 2026, receipts at 16 markets totaled 8,052 head compared to 6,924 last week and 9,668 last …
Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Welcomes New Communications Intern
The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association is welcoming a new communications intern this summer, and we caught up with Kayla Greer with ACA to learn more. “So, we have had summer interns in the past in various roles and departments of our association, but this year we have an inaugural opportunity for one lucky student, and that is an agricultural communications internship, …
Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 05-29-2026
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended May 29, 2026, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended May 29, 2026, receipts at 16 markets totaled 6,924 head compared to 7,905 last week and 8,173 last …
Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Announces Details on AJCA Roundup in Montgomery
The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association will be holding the AJCA Roundup in Montgomery and we caught up with Bailey Watson with ACA to learn more. “We are actually celebrating our 20th annual AJCA Roundup. It will be held July 23rd through the 26th on the Garrett Coliseum grounds in Montgomery. Super excited as we, you know, kick off this 20th year. We got …
Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 05-22-2026
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended May 22, 2026, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended May 22, 2026, receipts at 16 markets totaled 7,905 head compared to 8,620 last week and 10,935 last …
Sweet Grown Alabama Hosts Seafood Cookoff
Sweet Grown Alabama will be hosting the 11th Annual Alabama Seafood Cookoff today. The cookoff will be held at The Wharf in Orange Beach at 6:00pm. The cookoff features four teams of chef from across the state. The cook-off highlights Sweet Grown Alabama’s mission, connecting locally grown products with Alabama seafood. Each team of chefs will create a dish featuring …
Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 05-15-2026
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended May 15, 2026, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended- May 15, 2026, receipts at 16 markets totaled 8,335 head compared to 11,038 last week and 8,741 last …
Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 05-08-2026
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended May 8, 2026, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended May 08, 2026, receipts at 16 markets totaled 11,038 head compared to 8,988 last week and 10,163 last …





