Hassey Brooks

Hassey Brooks Comments on ADA Response to NWS in US

At the recent Alabama Agribusiness Council annual meeting, Southeast AgNet had the opportunity to sit down with Hassey Brooks, Alabama Department of Agriculture Deputy Commissioner. Brooks discussed how Alabama is responding to the Texas New World screwworm detection saying, “Well we’re in a great position with our leadership at the department with Commissioner Payton and also to Dr. Tony Frazier.” …

milk

June Milk Reports from USDA

World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski discussed the USDA price forecast for different milk categories this month. Jekanowski said, “A small reduction in our cheese price forecast for 2026 down 4 cents per pound, butter nearly steady up 1 cent per pound. We made a fairly large adjustment to our nonfat by milk price, lowered that by 7 cents …

Route 66

Cattle Industry Celebrating Route 66 Anniversary

Route 66 marked its 100th anniversary this year. NCBA and the Beef Checkoff announced the Route 66 Beef Trail. NCBA and Beef Checkoff have partnered to offer a free mobile pass, allowing travelers along Route 66 to highlight restaurants known for beef entrees, regional beef stories, learning about historic stockyards, historic feed yards, family-owned steakhouses, and of course, award-winning barbecue …

jbs usa

JBS USA Closes Facilities in Pennsylvania and Tennessee

JBS USA has recently announced the closure of two facilities located in Pennsylvania and Tennessee. According to the JBS website, “The closures include: Beef production facility in Souderton, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Philadelphia) and Value-added facility in Memphis, Tennessee” Wesley Batista Filho, CEO of JBS USA said, “These decisions are never easy because they directly affect our team members and …

New World Screwworm

Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm Overview

With the detection of New World Screwworm now in the United States, we sat down with Dr. Edwin Burgess, Assistant Professor of Veterinarian Entomology at the University of Florida, a Florida Cattle Enhancement Board awarded researcher, to learn more about the New World Screwworm. “So New World Screwworm is a fly. It is a shiny green fly, very closely related …

Brooke Rollins

Secretary Brooke Rollins Speaks at Texas Town Hall Meeting on NWS

In a recent post on X, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins reflected on a Gillespie County, Texas town hall meeting focused on protecting America’s livestock with an emphasis on NWS protection. Over 1,000 ranchers and key partners were in attendance. Rollins said on the post “We discussed our combined unprecedented response, our investments in surveillance and preparedness, and the historic …

New World Screwworm

USDA Announces Funding for 40 Break Through Projects to Combat NWS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced funding for the 40 Breakthrough projects in an effort to defend against New World Screwworm. Through the program proposals will receive a combined total of $105 million. According to the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service website this funding will be used “to sharpen detection, accelerate control and eradication tools, and strengthen …

Cattle on Feed Report

Cattle on Feed Report Released Early for Holiday

Markets are closed tomorrow for the Juneteenth government holiday, as are banks and post offices. As a result, USDA is releasing the monthly cattle on feed report after the close today. Average trade estimates generally agree the total number of cattle on feed will be up one to two percent, but there is nowhere near consensus on the number of …

Alabama Cattlemen’s Association

Randy Moody Highlights the Importance of Supporting Youth and Details on the Heifers 4 Youth Event

Supporting youth is essential to Alabama’s agricultural industry. Randy Moody with The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association, strongly emphasizes the need to support junior cattle producers and provides key information about the upcoming Heifers 4 Youth event. “Yeah, we’re excited about the youth livestock education portion for the foundation. It’s Heifers for Youth, and what that entails is that there’s two donated …