The American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) continues to request that the White House and Congress include Australian and New Zealand lamb in the food and agriculture tariff plans during its annual fly-in. Fifty sheep industry leaders representing ASI and 16 of its state affiliates are in the nation’s capital this week meeting with congressional and administration officials to promote the sheep industry …
USDA Reinstates Cattle on Feed Reporting for 2025
USDA has announced that the July Cattle on Feed Report will be reinstated for 2025 after being discontinued last year. The annual report produced by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) was cut last year, along with the cotton yield survey and all county estimates for crops and livestock reports due to budget cuts. The mid-year report for cattle on …
American Agriculture History Minute: Future Farmers of America Begins
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Henry C. Groseclose is an important part of American agricultural history. Groseclose was an ag education teacher at Blacksburg Virginia High School. In March of 1920, he organized a club for any high school boy who was interested in making agriculture a career. Word spread across the state to other high …
Tort Reform & CUVA Bills Moving Through Georgia’s 2025 Legislative Session
Several major bills are making their way through the Georgia General Assembly and we caught up with Will Bentley with the Georgia Agribusiness Council for an update. (Note: Since recording this interview, the tort reform bill has passed both chambers.) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research …
USDA Announces Five-Pronged Approach to Combat Avian Flu and Lower Egg Prices
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a five-pronged strategy to address highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), as well as lowering egg prices. The strategy includes strengthening biosecurity assessments, expediting relief for producers to accelerate repopulation, reducing regulatory burdens to expand supply and lower prices, exploring temporary import-export adjustments to stabilize the supplies of eggs domestically, and investing $100 Million …
New Florida Beef Council Board Member Discusses Recent Training in Denver
Cattle producers from across the country gathered last week to experience training on their new roles as beef council board members representing their home states. Florida Beef Council Board Member Kevin Escobar recapped this training. Â Escobar also pointed out the return on investment that the Beef Checkoff is providing. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle …
Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Hosts Farm Tours with Dieticians
The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association held farm tours with the Alabama Dietetic Association members in conjunction with their annual meeting. The group toured Curtis Farms in North Alabama and had the ability to interact with the farm’s owners on production practices within the industry as well as interacting with a beef influencer to discuss the ways in which the dietician’s patients …
Milk Production Forecast for 2025
Forecasts for the 2025 milk production and prices and other trends were recently released. Rusty Halvorson has a look at what the new predictions show. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary …
Concerns about Pesticide Labeling Regulations
The peanut industry recently sent a letter to Washington D.C. about concerns with the misrepresentation concerning labeling regulations for pesticides. Tyron Spearman has more details. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, …
Feeder Cattle Supplies Getting Tighter
The recent Cattle on Feed Report from USDA indicates feeder cattle supplies are getting tighter. Mark Oppold runs through some of the new numbers. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …









