The American Angus Association continues their efforts on the issue of curly calf, as Julie McPeake has a report discussing the fact a new test will soon be released to help producers.
Country of Origin Labeling is of course underway but if you have yet to sell cattle since it started, Dr. Billy Powell with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association reminds how easy the process is for producers.
Robert Fountain, Jr. of Adrian, Ga. is a member of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and a CBB representative on the U.S. Meat Export Federation Board, who says it all starts with the individual producer as their beef checkoff is overseas working to create market opportunities for their product.
Getting the message out about the healthy benefits of beef is why Florida Beef Council’s Polly Golden says they work so much with health professionals across the state.
In this report, an overview of the re-organization announced this week by Alico, Inc. The material in this report taken from a news release distributed by Alico this week.
John Deere is about ready to kick off its series of events throughout much of the eastern part of the U S to promote its new line of tractors and equipment for specialty crops. The first four events are “previews” that will be held in Florida in early December, where growers and customers will have a hands-on chance to “Drive Green” with various models, and discuss some of the special closeout deals and financing opportunities on last year’s models too.
Stay tuned to Southeast AgNet for details as “Drive Green” makes its debut in here in the “Deep Southeast”. There will be valuable prizes for producers attending these events, and some other special promotional tie ins that will offer opportunities for our region’s producers. The Florida events are Dec 3, GreenSouth Equipment, Middleburg, FL; Dec 4 Greensouth Equip, Gainesville, FL; Dec 5 Everglades Farm Equipment, Belle Glade, FL; and Dec 6 sponsored by Highland Tractor, to be held at Tampa State Fairgrounds…To hear lots more about these events, and about what Deere is doing to better serve specialty crop producers CLICK HERE.
With many concerned about global warming, the issue of warmer climates with livestock has been researched proving climate does make a difference in production.
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is looking to its younger members to be more actively invloved by implementing the Young Producers Council. The council is geared toward members ages 18-35 and intended to assist the next generation in gaining leadership experiences in the industry. Nate Yeager says that information on the new council can be found by searching the internet social site, facebook.
Getting the message to school age children about the healthy benefits of beef is just one of the many programs that Polly Golden with the Florida Beef Council works with on a regular basis.
Dr. Tony Frazier, Alabama State Veterinarian, is still encouraging livestock producers across the state who have yet to register their premises, to do so.
The Georgia Cattlemen’s Association’s Jim Collins talks about membership through their chapter at ABAC and how it continues to attract young people into the industry.
President-elect of the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association, Steve McDonald of Lineville, talks about the year and also encourages more producers to become members of the association.
There are cattle and hog producers on both sides of the Canadian border with concerns about Country of Origin Labeling now that is has started here in the U.S.
The Georgia Junior Cattlemen’s Association is looking for more young people to become involved, as their President Chandler Akins recently spent time at a couple of events signing up new members.
The renewal of the Agricultural Air Quality Task Force will mean various experts in the fields of agriculture and air quality will be working together to look further into quality issues which have entered discussions across the U.S.
Curly Calf Syndrome in the Angus breed is an issue that breeders and the American Angus Association has been dealing with the past few weeks to try and resolve.
We run through the most recent figures of the top state rankings for numbers of cattle and where the U.S. stands as far as beef production is concerned.
Harvey Lemmon of Woodbury, Georgia is a cattle producer and Chairman of the Georgia Beef Board and wants other cattlemen across the state to know they are doing the best with what few beef chekckoff dollars that are available to promote their product.
The Florida Beef Council on a state basis and the national beef checkoff is working to educate health professionals, mainly registered dietitians, about the common misconceptions about protein intake.
The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association is one of three state affiliates of the NCBA to be awarded for their efforts in boosting membership in the national organization.
The first four events are “previews” that will be held in Florida in early December, where growers and customers will have a hands-on chance to “Drive Green” with various models, and discuss some of the special closeout deals and financing opportunities on last year’s models too. 
Alabama Department of Agriculture’s Dyan Kennedy has this weeks cattle markets numbers from across the state.
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is looking to its younger members to be more actively invloved by implementing the Young Producers Council. The council is geared toward members ages 18-35 and intended to assist the next generation in gaining leadership experiences in the industry. Nate Yeager says that information on the new council can be found by searching the internet social site, facebook.
The renewal of the Agricultural Air Quality Task Force will mean various experts in the fields of agriculture and air quality will be working together to look further into quality issues which have entered discussions across the U.S.
October Beef Month in Alabama has wrapped up but Ed Whatley with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association said it was another great event.
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