With less than two weeks left to the annual beef checkoff’s summer grilling season promotion, Ed Whatley with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association said they are pleased with how the campaign has gone this year. Download Audio
GA Beef Ambassador Educating Consumers
Chris Campbell is Georgia’s 2010 Beef Ambassador and he, along with starting college, is busy preparing to compete in the National Beef Ambassador contest coming up in October. Download Audio
Water
Growing consumption is a concern and Everett Griner explains. Download Audio
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending August 20th put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. AL: Download Audio FL: Download Audio GA: Download Audio
Farm to School
Farmers are promoting healthy meals. Everett Griner tells us how. Download Audio
Senate Movement for the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
Another step has been made toward food safety reform as the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee’s manager’s amendment to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act has been scored by the Congressional Budget Office. Download Audio
Good First Half for Pork and Beef Exports
U.S. pork and beef exports both finished the first half of the year with a strong momentum. Download Audio
Higher Beef Prices for Consumers
A USDA Livestock analyst says retail beef prices are already at historically high levels and could go higher over the next year or two. Download Audio
Buying Direct
Do you know what you are getting when you buy beef direct? Everett Griner tells us some questions that we might be asking before we do. Download Audio
Traceability Meeting Coming to Atlanta
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced they will hold a public meeting concerning the new framework for animal disease traceability Friday, August 20th at the Doubletree Hotel Atlanta Airport from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. eastern time. Download Audio For more information on this meeting visit their website at: www.aphis.usda.gov/traceability/meetings/index.shtml