Florida beef council

Friendly Reminder from the Florida Beef Council

Dan Beef, Cattle, Florida, Florida Beef Council (FBC)

If you owned cattle in Florida in 2024, most likely you received a letter from the Florida Beef Council (FBC) that beef checkoff assessments are due by the end of the year. FBC Director of Education & Promotion, DeAnne Maples, reminds producers in the state why you received that letter. For more information, go to the FBC website. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity …

Merck Animal Health

La Niña Weather Event Has Been Unusual

Dan Weather

We’ve talked before how a La Niña weather pattern is expected to take hold. But as Mark Oppold reports, the event thus far has been an unusual one. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch …

Census of Horticultural Specialties

USDA to Conduct the 2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties

Dan Specialty Crops, USDA-NASS

The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the 2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties this winter to provide a comprehensive picture of the U.S. horticulture industry. Survey codes are being mailed to more than 40,000 horticulture producers to respond online. Collected just once every five years, this is the only source of detailed production and sales data for U.S. floriculture, nursery, …

meat

Meat Supplies in Cold Storage Drop in November

Dan Beef, Cattle, Marketing, Pork

The USDA says red meat in cold storage declined in November. Meat supplies in freezers on November 30 fell three percent month over month and five percent year over year to 7.41 billion pounds. In a report this week, USDA said that beef in storage totaled 440.5 million pounds, a two percent increase from October but down four percent from …

American Agriculture

American Agriculture History Minute: Ohio Established as a Leader in Crop Production

Dan Agri-Business, American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. As early settlers pushed across the Appalachians, many assumed that they continued on westward through the plains and on to California and Oregon. But many found a home in what is now Ohio. By the time European settlers established a presence in Ohio, American Indian tribes were already growing corn, soybeans, …

American Peanut Council

New Chair for the American Peanut Council

Dan Peanuts

A new Chair was recently named to head the American Peanut Council. Tyron Spearman has more details. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development …

agricultural trade deficit

Dairy Market Trends

Dan Dairy, Economy, Marketing

A recent report on dairy market trends is giving a hint of strong exports for the year ahead. Rusty Halvorson has the story. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida …

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Traders Hoping for a Rally

Dan Commodities, Economy

As we near the end of another year, many traders are hoping for a rally in the markets. Mark Oppold looks at the possibility of that happening. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle …

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Slight Drop in December Cattle on Feed

Dan Beef, Cattle, Marketing

The December Cattle on Feed Report from USDA does show a slight drop compared to the November report. The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the U.S. for was 12 million head on December 1st, slightly below December 1, 2023. Placements in feedlots during November totaled 1.8 million head, four percent below the same time in …