It’s day two of the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville, Tennessee as a variety of meetings will take place including one for the Cattlemen’s Beef Board. I talked with their CEO Polly Ruhland about what this meeting and another to be held Saturday will involve. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle …
Heat Resistant Crops
Today Everett Griner tells us about research being done on how heat affects crop yields. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025
Social Media Discussed at Cattle Industry Convention
Many topics are being discussed this week during the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville, Tennessee including social media. A session on that topic was held this afternoon as Southeast AgNet Founder & President Gary Cooper was the moderator for the event put together by the National Agri-Marketing Association. AgWired’s Chuck Zimmerman caught up with the panel and you can …
NCBA Pleased with Department of Labor’s Reconsideration of On-Farm Child Labor Regulations
NASHVILLE, TENN. (Feb. 1, 2012) – National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) President Bill Donald welcomed a crowd of roughly 6,000 cattlemen and women to Nashville, Tenn., for the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show with news that the U.S. Department of Labor announced today, Feb. 1, 2012, the agency’s intent to reconsider a portion of its proposed rule …
Love Me Tenderloin
The American Heart Association has certified pork tenderloin as a heart-healthy food with its iconic Heart-Check mark. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025
Texas Citrus Growers, Researchers Check Out Florida HLB
Just weeks after HLB, or greening disease, was confirmed in Texas, Texas citrus growers, researchers and regulators are spending two days in the Sunshine State learning how Florida is managing HLB. Harold Browning, chief operations officer for Florida’s Citrus Research and Development Foundation, helped set up the Texans’ visit and provides an overview in the first report. Download Audio In …
BQA Building Consumer Trust
In our weekly “BQA Quality Report”, brought to you by your state and national Beef Quality Assurance programs we are talking with with Jamie McConnell from Clanton, Alabama who said BQA helps producers put out the product consumers want. Download Audio Get to know your BQA program by visiting BQA.org Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied …
Peanut Contract Offers May Wait Until March & Georgia Peanut Research Meeting
There really isn’t anything new to report this week concerning peanut contracts as Tyron Spearman says actually it may be a while before there is as he explains why along with also providing information about a Georgia peanut research meeting coming up. Download Audio Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, …
2012 Farm Bill Update
The following report has the latest rumblings concerning the development of the 2012 Farm Bill. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025
Earn a CEU Online from Citrus Industry Magazine
Earn one General Standards (CORE) continuing education unit (CEU) by reading the article, “Communication is a key to pesticide safety,” and passing the accompanying test. Citrus Industry magazine’s first CEU article of the year, authored by University of Florida’s Tim Gaver and Stephen H. Futch, is now online and will appear in the February issue of Citrus Industry. This CEU …