Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended August 16, 2024, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended- August 16, 2024, receipts at 16 markets totaled 9,832 head compared to 14,241 last week and 13,353 last …
Though the global COVID pandemic officially ended more than a year ago, many of the issues we saw during that time remain, especially when it comes to agricultural shipping. Supply chain issues have persisted since COVID, and Tiffany Comprés, a partner at Pierson Ferdinand law firm with experience in agricultural shipping, believes the next few months will be tight. “But …
It was announced today that another Florida family farm has been preserved through the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ (FDACS) Rural and Family Lands Protection Program (RFLPP). The Joseph Miller Ranch, a 490-acre cow/calf operation in St. Lucie County, is being preserved through a rural land protection easement for $2,070,000. The ranch is a 490-acre cow/calf operation located about 14 miles …
Dr. Glynn Tonsor, a livestock market economist at Kansas State University Extension, says cattle feedlots may have tough times ahead. He told the Radio Oklahoma Network that his most recent feedlot study doesn’t look healthy for the beef cattle industry from this fall into early next year. He warned of red ink for the feedlot business beginning in September and …
The National Chicken Council (NCC) made a response to the latest rhetoric on food price gouging. A NCC release notes the most recent drumbeat from the Biden-Harris administration is blaming the meat and poultry industry for rising meat prices. That came from the Harris campaign Thursday, which noted the food industry’s “corporate price gouging” would be a focus of the Vice President’s speech …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding nearly$4.1 million to organizations and outreach efforts to educate underserved, small-scale, and organic producers on farm risk management and climate-smart farm practices. The funding from USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) provides assistance through its Risk Management Education Partnerships (RMEP) for organizations, such as nonprofits and land grant universities, to develop training and …
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) has announced the preservation of a Florida family farm through their Rural and Family Lands Protection Program (RFLPP). Lowder’s Gulf Hammock, a 691-acre working timber and wetland property in Levy County, is being preserved through a rural land protection easement for $691,200. The RFLPP purchases the development rights to the agricultural properties through voluntary rural land protection …
Many traders on Wall Street are encouraged with some of the news coming from various reports this week. Mark Oppold has more on that along with an update on the soybean trade. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
U.S. sales of 4-wheel-drive tractors in July increased 18.6% compared to July 2023 and are up 5.2% year-to-date. But, according to new data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), total sales of agricultural tractors dropped 14.1% in July compared to the year before and are down 11.9% year-to-date. “July’s uptick in 4-wheel-drive Ag tractors is a bright spot after a slowdown of …
