DENVER (June 26, 2008) – The National Cattlemen’s Foundation, in cooperation withthe National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), has launched a disaster relief effort to assist farm and ranch families impacted by catastrophic flooding in the Mississippi River corridor and surrounding areas.
Florida Agri-Women Awards Scholarships
HOMESTEAD, FL- Florida Agri-Women is pleased to announce their two scholarship award winners for 2008. In the undergraduate studies category Ms. Jamie Stolarz of Davie has been awarded the scholarship. She is pursuing a degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition with a specialization in Dietetics from the University of Florida. She has a 3.94 GPA and is a University …
Animal Identification Being Complicated
Everett Griner looks at this today and gives us some stats on just how complicated it really is for us and other countries as well. Â Report (1:00 mp3)
FL Voluntary Drive to Help Beef Checkoff
The Florida Cattlemen’s Association put together a task force to look at ways they could help with the problem of dwindling beef checkoff dollars in the state, and one idea was to start a voluntary drive. Florida Beef Council’s Brad Etheridge is excited about this idea. Report (1:00 mp3)
AL Grilling Beef this Summer
The Beef Checkoff summer grilling promotion is well underway across the country and Ed Whatley with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association said things are really progressing well with their various promotions. Report (1:00 mp3)
GA June Beef Month Continues
In Georgia June Beef Month continues with various events and promotions across the state, and Rebekah Estes of Conyers is enjoying her internship with the Georgia Beef Board as she’s been involved with many aspects of the beef industry. Report (1:10 mp3)
Raw Peanut Exports are Up
According to the latest numbers raw peanut exports are up for the U.S. as Tyron Spearman runs through the figures. Report (1:00 mp3)
Hundreds Mourn Loss of Citrus Grower Mason Smoak
The recent loss of Lake Placid citrus grower Mason Smoak is mourned by community and industry this week, as hundreds lined up to support family Tuesday evening before funeral services today. Find details of the services and lots more information about Mason contained in an earlier post on this website by clicking here.
Food Prices Driven by the Economy, NOT Ethanol
Everett Griner tells us today about how food prices are really affected. Â Report (1:00 mp3)
More on U S Sugar Corp Purchase by So FL Water Mgmt District
In this post find more details, this from the Water Management District, about their intended purchase of one of Florida’s largest agriculture operations. Also, THIS PDF DOCUMENT (pdf file)provided by the Water Management District goes into more details about the purchase too. Hard to believe they were able to keep this so quiet until just hours before the final announcement! …