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, …
Florida Beef Council Highlights Summer Beef Trends
As grills get going this summer, the Florida Beef Council is highlighting trends with beef, and we caught up with Deanne Maples with the Florida Beef Council to learn more. “Summer is really such a natural fit for beef. People are spending more time outdoors, they are getting together with family and friends, and they are firing up the grill …
Georgia Beef Board Sponsors Skills USA Culinary Contest
Preparing the next generations of chefs will be greatly impactful for the beef industry and we caught up with Wyatt Doolittle with the Georgia Beef Board to learn about a culinary contest they recently sponsored. Elizabeth Sanders reporting for Southeast AgNet. Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through The Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding …
USDA Base Acre Increase Opportunity
USDA has announced this week through the Farm Service Agency that eligible landowners have until June the 1st through August 31 to review and consider base acre increases on farms enrolled in the ARC program that’s agricultural risk coverage or the price loss coverage the PLC programs signed into law by President Donald Trump on July the 4th. This act …
USDA Highlights Long History of Animal Insect Research
Last week the USDA opened a new Livestock Insect Research Lab in Kerrville, Texas, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture is highlighting their long history of research in animal insects at their facilities in Texas. Kim Lohmeier, Director of the Knippling Bushland U.S. Livestock Insect Research Lab, shares details on this effort “ARS has a really long history of working …
Georgia Cotton Commission Welcomes USDA’s Great American Cotton Plan
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced The Great American Cotton Plan this week. It is an initiative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to promote the cotton industry. The Georgia Cotton Commission (GCC) applauds the announcement and is appreciative of the support shown to cotton producers across the country. “Cotton producers across the state are thankful for Secretary …
Cattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board
Cattle producers are proud of the work that has been funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and we sat down with Ken Griner, past president of the Florida Cattlemen’s Association and past chairman of the Enhancement Board to learn more. “We are being exceptionally responsible with the money, probably, in my opinion, more responsible than most any state money …
USDA Opens State-of-the-art Livestock Insect Lab
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service has opened the Knippling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory in Kerrville, Texas. In a press release posted by the USDA, the goal of the facility is to “provide the U.S. cattle industry with innovative tools and advanced technologies to manage and eliminate the invasive fly and tick pests that threaten the …
NRCS Announces $65 Million Innovation Grant Fund for Farmers and Conservation
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $65 Million in funding for new tools, approaches, practices and technologies to incentivize natural resource conservation for private lands through the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program. Conservation Innovation Grants is supported through the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, which increased funding for farm bill conservation programs. The Working Families Tax Cuts Act increases the …
USDA Prevents Solar Panel Projects on Farmland
The U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, recently joined up with the Tennessee Governor, Bill Lee, to try to slow down putting solar panels in the farming land areas across the country. According to the report, they said that USDA now will no longer fund taxpayer dollars to solar panels on productive farmland or allow solar panels manufactured by foreign adversaries to be …










