During tough times many cattle producers look for ways to cut costs, but Dr. Curt Lacy with the University of Georgia said there is a difference between reducing expenses and cutting corners.
Yesterday was the last day for the scheduled listening sessions on the National Animal Identification System, as the next to last one took place this past Saturday in Jasper, Florida where the overall negative tone against the current system continued.
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending June 26th put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
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Sam Ard, Director of Governmental Affairs for the Florida Cattlemen’s Association, told producers at their recent convention the next few months are going to be interesting with all the state political races are coming up.
Producers who lost livestock over the last two years due to weather related incidents will soon be able to sign up for the farm bill’s indemnity program.
The National Pork Board is asking pork producers across the country to help shape the future of the U.S. pork industry, as are trying to find new solutions to the economic, social and scientific challenges facing the industry.
While the beef checkoff plays a big part in allowing researchers to spend time in evaluating various muscles from both the chuck and round to develop more cuts, University of Florida’s Dr. Dwain Johnson explains what happens once those new cuts are developed.
Florida Farm Bureau will hold it’s ninth annual CARES Dinner where they will recognize 26 farmers and ranchers from the Suwannee and Santa Fe River basins for their superior natural resource stewardship.
June Beef Month still has a few days left to it and Georgia Beef Board’s Ashley Hughes wants to remind local cattlemen’s chapters that it’s not too late to promote it.
Registration for the 2009 Alabama Junior Cattlemen’s Association Roundup is just a liitle over a week away, as Alabama Cattlemen’s Association’s Reid Blossom said juniors need to register by Friday, July 3rd.
To learn more about the annual AJCA Roundup, go to bamabeef.org
George Kempfer, Chairman of the Florida Beef Council, says they have worked hard to partner with retailers to help make what dollars they do have stretch and an example of that are a couple of upcoming promotions.
For Southeast producers, USDA will hold another listening session on the National Animal Identification System this Saturday, June 27th in Jasper, Florida.
Again, the listening session will be held at the Hamilton County Extension Office, 1143 U.S. Highway 41 in Jasper, Florida from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., with registration beginning at 8:00am. To learn more about this or other sessions, go to usda.gov/nais/feedback
Listening sessions concerning the National Animal Identification System have been taking place across the country the past few weeks, with another one of those taking place this Saturday in North Florida. Jim Collins with the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association knows USDA and Secretary Vilsack are working to gather as much information about a system from those in the industry.
The state of Florida has announced restrictions on the importation of animals from states affected with vesicular stomatitis following a confirmed case in Texas, as State Veterinarian Dr. Tom Holt says it’s a disease they don’t want in the state.
While USDA is hearing a lot of opposition to animal ID at the recent listening sessions about NAIS, Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture Ron Sparks said it’s important to have animal trace-back.
It’s week six in our Southeast Beef Bytes series funded by the National Beef Checkoff, as we continue conversations with producers from around the Southeast about the checkoff. This time around we are in Gray, Georgia where Billy Moore has been involved in the cattle industry for many years and said the beef checkoff has definitely been an asset to the entire industry.
USDA released their monthly Cattle on Feed report last Friday which shows the number of cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in the U.S. totaled 10.4 million head on June 1 which is 4 percent below last year. USDA livestock analyst Shayle Shagam said the numbers of cattle will continue to diminish until the conditions are right for producers to retain cows for breeding.
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending June 19th put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
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TALLAHASSEE — Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today announced restrictions on the importation of animals from states affected with vesicular stomatitis following a confirmed case in Texas, the first such case reported in the United States since 2006. Read the rest of this entry »
The annual Florida Cattlemen’s Association Convention wrapped up last night in Marco Island, as the new slate of officers was introduced with Wade Grigsby of Venus, Florida taking the reigns as president for the next year.
At the Florida Cattlemen’s Association Convention this week, Mike Miller with CattleFax looked at what cow-calf producers have to look think about over the next couple of years.
Owning a horse can be a major responsibility both in terms of daily and financial care. So in this four part series we will take a look at caring for horses during these difficult economic times.
Florida’s Attorney General Bill McCollum has been in Marco Island this week talking with producers attending the annual Florida Cattlemen’s Assocation Convention. I had a chance to catch up with McCollum who discussed his thoughts about agriculture and how issues that come up through his office affect those in the rural areas of the state.
Making beef checkoff dollars stretch is something Jim Collins with the Georgia Beef Board said they work to do everday, including teaming up with national programs there in the state.
Alabama Cattlemen’s Association’s Ed Whatley talks about how beef checkoff dollars are working to help consumers with not only tips on purchasing beef, but also preparing it during the summer grilling season promotion.
The 2009 Florida Cattlemen’s Association Convention continues at Marco Island, where various meetings and presentations have taken place thus far. One of those was by George Kempfer, Chairman of the Florida Beef Council who informed those in attendance of how their checkoff dollars had been working for them the past year.
Registration for the 2009 Alabama Junior Cattlemen’s Association Roundup is just a liitle over a week away, as Alabama Cattlemen’s Association’s Reid Blossom said juniors need to register by Friday, July 3rd.
USDA released their monthly Cattle on Feed report last Friday which shows the number of cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in the U.S. totaled 10.4 million head on June 1 which is 4 percent below last year. USDA livestock analyst Shayle Shagam said the numbers of cattle will continue to diminish until the conditions are right for producers to retain cows for breeding.
