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The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is reacting to the passage of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, also known as Farm Bill 2.0. Ethan Lane, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for NCBA said, “Thank you to Chairman GT Thompson, House leadership, and members from both parties for listening to real farmers and ranchers and passing the …
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended May 1, 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 01, 2026, receipts at 16 markets totaled 8,988 head compared to 10,032 last week and 10,581 last …
The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board provides opportunities for researchers to develop preliminary data for future grant projects funded by other sources. We recently sat down with Dr. Brad Daigenault with the University of Florida who provided insights on how the enhancement board funding provides an impact for further research studies. “Okay, so how do you make sure that yours gets funded? …
Cattle futures are starting the month of May, setting contract highs. May is beef month, as if the beef trade needed any more reason to work higher. Certainly tight numbers showing up in the recent coal storage report. Beef supplies in storage the lowest in 12 years. That total red meat in storage is down 2% from a year ago. June live cattle …
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson issued an emergency rule late last week that put temporary restrictions on the importation of animals from five counties in South Texas. The movement restrictions are being put in place now that the latest detections of New World Screwworm are within 125 miles of the border. These restrictions require all animals imported into Florida …
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association held the 2026 Legislative Conference last week in Washington D.C. where cattle producers and state affiliates from across the country met with their legislators. NCBA President Gene Copenhaver said, “NCBA’s Legislative Conference is where grassroots policy meets action. Our members traveled to Washington to share real-world perspectives from their operations and reinforce why strong, commonsense …
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is recommending that cattle producers refamiliarize themselves with biosecurity plans ahead of any detection of New World Screwworm and we caught up with Sigrid Johannes with NCBA to learn more. Johannes said, “From a preparation standpoint, is just familiarize yourself with your state animal health official’s resources on anything about movement requirements, but also just basic …
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended April 24, 2026, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended April 24, 2026, receipts at 16 markets totaled 7,005 head compared to 9,922 last week and 7,001 last …
The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board provides critical funding to enhance Brahman genetics through research at the University of Florida and we caught up with Dr. Mario Binelli to learn more. Binelli said, “I could not be more grateful, Dale. It’s amazing. I’ll tell you, it’s about 50% of all the research funding that I get. It’s an extremely generous and very …
The Georgia Cattlemen’s Association will be hosting their annual convention this weekend at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry. We caught up with David Huddleston, President-Elect of GCA to learn more. Huddleston said, “We have set a schedule that’s very in tune to our educational matters. Like I said, within three Cattlemen’s College events, we have Curt Lacy coming in …
