Strategic Beef Promotion Across Alabama

The Alabama Beef Checkoff is working hard through strategic investment and strategic partnerships. Checkoff programs coordinator, Josie Jones, shares more on this summer’s beef promotion activities. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida …

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USDA NASS: Peanuts 86% Pegging

USDA’s NASS reports that peanuts are at 86%. Tyron Spearman has the details. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For …

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Multi-Pronged Approach to Beef on Dairy Crosses

Researchers are taking a multi-pronged approach to beef on dairy crosses. In a study of producers, Iowa State University Extension Beef Specialist Denise Schwab found there are three components: sharing what producers are doing, a research database of all beef on dairy crosses, and a research study tracking baby calves from birth to market. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …

GCA and GBB Wraps up Summer Internship

The Georgia Cattlemen’s Association and Georgia Beef Board wrapped up their joint summer internship this week. Summer intern, Summer Edwards, shares about her experience. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement …

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USDA-NRCS Accepting WREP Proposals until August 16

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will be investing up to $50 million in fiscal year 2024 through the Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership (WREP). This effort is designed to support conservation partners with local projects that help protect, restore and enhance critical wetlands on agricultural lands and help mitigate climate change.  NRCS is accepting proposals until August 16, 2024 that focus on producers …

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Additional Benefits of Nature

We may benefit more from nature than previously thought. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Trees and green spaces may do more for us than just helping clean the air we breathe and the water we drink. Gary Crawford reports. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …

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Pork Industry Impact on U.S. Economy

Despite some challenges this year, the U.S. pork industry remains an important contributor to the nation’s economy.  National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), released its latest Economic Impact Report featuring new data on the U.S. pork industry’s contributions to the national economy. “It’s an interesting report because we look not just at the farm level, but we estimate the impact that arises …

NCC President: Extending Current Farm Bill Doesn’t Work for Industry

By Clint Thompson Farm bill discussions continue and so does the agriculture community’s insistence that a new bill be finalized this year. That was the mindset shared by Gary Adams, president and chief executive officer of the National Cotton Council (NCC). He spoke at the Georgia Cotton Commission’s mid-year meeting last week in Statesboro and emphasized that a farm bill …

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Looking for Something to Light a Fire under the Grain Trade

Something to light a fire under the grain trade is what many farmers are hoping for. But as Mark Oppold reports, we aren’t expecting this week’s Fed meeting to provide any sort of spark. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman …

Sheep Industry Sees Value in Producer Education

The American Sheep Industry Association’s Young and Emerging Entrepreneurs group has received a grant in the amount of $89,580 from the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center to develop a beginning producer education program. The program will incorporate online education, producer workshops and an online forum, according to Cody Chambliss and Kelly Froehlich, Ph.D., of the Young and Emerging Entrepreneurs Steering …