The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Convention & Trade Show kicks off today in Montgomery, an event where Orland Britnell of Russellville will hand the president’s gavel over to Steve McDonald of Lineville. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle …
Eradicating Insects
Reports have come out on some eradication of several insects. Everett Griner gives his view on where some eradication of pesky insects could start. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement …
GCA Mourns Death of Longtime AL Cattle Producer
The Georgia Cattlemen’s Association sent out the following release concerning the death of the grandfather of GCA’s Executive Vice President Jim Collins: Jim Collin’s grandfather recently passed away. Please keep Jim and his family in your thoughts and prayers. Obituary for James S. Collins, Jr.: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers …
AL Beef Events at Convention
The 66th annual Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Convention & Trade Show kicks off Friday morning in Montgomery, as Ed Whatley says the big trade show will include providing producers with information about how their beef checkoff dollars are working for them. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded …
FL-GA Producers Serve on Beef Board & CBB Executive Committee
A couple of cattle producers from the Southeast are serving in positions that are helping to shape how beef checkoff dollars work for producers not only in our region but also nationwide. One is Roger West of Gainesville, Florida with the other being Robert Fountain, Jr. of Adrian, Georgia. FL Report: GA Report: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef …
Peanut Growers Wondering What to Plant
The Alabama-Florida Peanut Trade Show took place today in Dothan, where a good group of growers were on hand. Randy Griggs, with the Alabama Peanut Producers Association, said a lot of them are still trying to decide what would be best to plant this season. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers …
ARS Scientists Sequence Citrus Disease Bacterium
In what is being touted as a big step forward in citrus HLB, or greening disease, research, scientists with USDA’s Agriculture Research Service say they have sequenced the genome of the bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, which causes HLB. The bacterium resides in the plant’s phloem tissues, affecting the passage of nutrients and eventually killing the plant. Read more about it …
Scot Eubanks Joins FFB Staff
Scot Eubanks has joined the Agricultural Policy Division at Florida Farm Bureau Federation as assistant director. Eubanks is the staff person working with the beef, sod and aquaculture committees as well as being the point person for those commodities. He will also work to build relationships with County Farm Bureau leaders, regulatory agencies and other farm organizations. Eubanks is a …
FEBRUARY 27, 2009 DEADLINE FOR FLORIDA WATER USERS
This reminder thanks to Gene McAvoy, Regional Vegetable Agent IV, UF/IFAS Hendry Co Extension, LaBelle FL. Irrigation permits using surface water from Lake Okeechobee or its tributaries for landscape, golf course, nursery, livestock, improved pasture and agricultural uses need to be renewed to avoid losing the legal right to use this water. Anyone using surface water from Lake Okeechobee or …
Managed Maturity Program
Eventhough cotton growers are probably familiar with the product AIM, Randy Childress Retail Market Manager for FMC, says that they have a new program use for the popular herbicide. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry Supports …