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The Alabama Beef Checkoff Program recently met to review projects and allocate funding. Kayla Greer with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association sat down with us to tell us more. “Members of the Alabama Beef Checkoff Council met at Auburn University last week to review and evaluate production research proposals that are seeking funding through the Alabama Beef Checkoff Program,” Greer said. …
Recently, Southeast AgNet invited Dr. Chad Carr, University of Florida State Extension meat specialist, to sit down with us on the Grazing the Facts podcast. When asked if Dr. Carr could have done his research without funding from the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board, this is what he had to say. “This tied together so many interesting pieces, right? We have …
As the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board wraps up their funding year, Deanne Maples with the Florida Beef Council reflects on the impact made in the beef industry. “So we’re wrapping up another funding year with the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board. It goes up every year from about August to June or so,” said Maples. “And so I want to take …
With the detection of New World Screwworm now in the United States, we sat down with Dr. Edwin Burgess, Assistant Professor of Veterinarian Entomology at the University of Florida, a Florida Cattle Enhancement Board awarded researcher, to learn more about the New World Screwworm. “So New World Screwworm is a fly. It is a shiny green fly, very closely related …
At the USA Peanut Congress held in Florida this past week, the Peanut Research and Education Award was presented. Dr. Marshall Lamb out of Dawson, Georgia was the winner. He has been serving in that capacity for about 35 years. He has conducted research that has improved the profitability, sustainability, and competitiveness of the U.S. peanut industry. He is the …
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon recently held a roundtable discussion where they announced the implementation of the FY2026 Funding Opportunity for Research Facilities Act program. According to a press release by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, “President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts provided $125 million annually for the Research Facilities Act program, …
The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides resources to researchers for applied research within the cattle industry. We sat down with Dr. Jose Dubeux, Professor of Forages at the University of Florida, North Florida Research and Education Center in Marianna to learn more. “All of those things that we talked today, Dale, would not be possible without the support of the Cattle …
The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board encourages research into Producers questions that impact their operations. We caught up with Dr. Marcelo Wallau with the University of Florida to discuss one of his research projects to learn how these projects would not be studied without the Board’s funding and where the research questions come from. “This is the type of work that …
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture, Wilton Simpson, emphasized major wins in the Florida Legislature’s 2026/2027 budget. Commissioner Simpson said, ““This year’s budget reflects a historic commitment by Senate President Albritton, House Speaker Perez, and the entire Florida Legislature to support Florida’s farmers — the people who quietly and humbly feed our communities, fuel our economy, and protect our natural resources. Florida …
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 …
