Former North Dakota governor Ed Schafer sailed through his confirmation hearing with the Senate Ag Committee last week and said he looked forward to helping Congress and the administration finally get a farm bill signed into law. Senate committee members were working hard to get Schafer confirmed by Monday as the new Secretary of Agriculture in time to take his …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Fair Farm to Fuel
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson talks about about the Farm to Fuel exhibit at the 2008 Florida State Fair in Tampa, February 7th through the18th. More information about Florida’s Farm to Fuel program can be found on the web at: http://www.floridafarmtofuel.com/ Report (1:00 mp3) FEBRUARY 4TH IS THE DEADLINE – HAVE YOU RETURNED YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE YET? Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding …
GA Young Farmers Assoc Draws Crowd of Farmers & Exhibitors
We enjoyed our visits among the attendees and exhibitors at the 38th annual Georgia Young Farmers Association (GYFA) convention in Savannah this week. In this post, hear comments from Harry Thompson (mp3) GYFA Executive Secretary, who discusses the GYFA program and history; Doug Kleweno (mp3), USDA Georgia Ag Statistics Service who updates us on the Agriculture Census presently underway; Georgia …
U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 1 Percent
USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics service released their monthly Cattle on Feed report this afternoon which shows on feed numbers are one percent higher than they were on January 1st of last year. Report (:50 mp3)    Too see more of the Cattle on Feed report, click Here FEBRUARY 4TH IS THE DEADLINE – HAVE YOU RETURNED YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE YET? USDA NASS Sponsored …
ACA Providing Ideas During Tough Time
The 65th annual Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Convention & Trade Show is just a week away, as will take place February 1st & 2nd in Birmingham. Topics discussed at this year’s event will include ideas to help producers through these tough times.  Report (:45 mp3) Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober …
GCA Convention Shaping Up
The annual Georgia Cattlemen’s Association Convention & Beef Expo will be held April 2nd thru 5th in Perry, and the GCA President says it’s an event they hope cattle producers across the state will attend. Â Report (1:00 mp3)Â Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle …
NW FL Beef Conference is Coming Feb 7th
Cattle producers are reminded about the annual Northwest Florida Beef Conference coming up in Marianna on February 7th.  Report (1:00 mp3) To learn more about this years conference, click Here Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, …
Discussing E.Coli in Beef
There have been discussion this week in our nation’s capitol about beef and the problems associated with E.Coli this past year. Â Report (:30 mp3) Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025
AL Livestock Market Report
Alabama Department of Agriculture’s Dyan Kennedy has a look at this week cattle market numbers from across the state. Â Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025
Acting U S Ag Secty re Farm Bill in “Difficult Situation…”
In these two reports, excerpts from an exclusive interview with Acting U S Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner during his quick visit to Florida this week. Conner explains concerns he says are holding up Farm Bill progress in Congress. Hear the entire Conner interview in a previous post to this website. Report (1:00 mp3) Report (1:00 mp3) FEBRUARY 4TH IS THE …