weekly livestock market report

Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 03-22-2024

Dan Alabama, Cattle, Florida, Georgia

Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended March 22, 2024, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended March 22, 2024, receipts at 17 markets totaled an estimated 10,816 head compared to 9,319 last week and …

organic market

USDA Grants to Improve Organic Market

Dan Organic

USDA is working to help organic growers keep up with market demand. Consumer demand for domestic organic products is on the rise, said USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Program Jenny Lester Moffitt as she highlighted the Organic Market Development Grant (OMDG) program. “It’s an opportunity for producers to be able to capture a price premium. It’s a market …

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NPPC Pleased with USDA Purchase of Pork for Nutrition Programs

Dan National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), Pork

Using funds from its Commodity Credit Corporation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is purchasing an additional 33.5 million pounds of pork. The more than $78.6 million buy is for pork products for distribution to various food nutrition and assistance programs. The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) applauded the USDA purchase and says the organization will continue working with the …

china

Vilsack Urges Toning Down Anti-China Rhetoric, Citing Farm Exports

Dan Exports/Imports

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack suggests the U.S. needs to tone down its anti-China rhetoric or else billions in U.S. farm exports to China could be on the chopping block… From TikTok to China’s spy balloon to its hacking and aggression in the Pacific, U.S. officials and lawmakers have pushed back against Beijing for months. But Secretary Tom Vilsack said at …

food prices

New Baseline Food and Agricultural Outlook Report

Dan Commodities, Economy

Farm commodity prices have tumbled from the peak levels they rose to during spring 2022, and new projections suggest that downward pressure on prices could continue throughout 2024 and beyond. The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri recently released its annual agricultural market baseline outlook (.pdf) The outlook provides projections for agricultural and biofuel …

Georgia Cotton Commission

UGA Cotton Agronomist: Dial Planter in Now Ahead of Planting Season

Dan Cotton, Georgia Cotton Commission (GCC)

Planting season is just around the corner for Georgia cotton producers. The Georgia Cotton Commission and University of Georgia (UGA) Extension Cotton Team remind growers about the importance of using this time to ensure their planters are properly configured. It is especially important for growers who produce multiple row crops, says Camp Hand, University of Georgia Extension cotton agronomist. “Another …

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GPC Celebrating National Peanut Month

Dan Georgia Peanut Commission (GPC), Peanuts

The Georgia Peanut Commission (GPC) is using March, also known as National Peanut Month, as another way to celebrate and promote Georgia peanuts. Joy Crosby, assistant executive director of the GPC, highlighted some of the ways her organization has promoted one of the state’s top row crops. “We celebrated National Peanut Month by kicking off our annual PB&J Day at …

honey bees

Researchers: Blue-Green Algae Can Protect Honey Bees

Dan Environment, Pollinators, Research, This Land of Ours, USDA-ARS

A new way to protect important pollinators. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Scientists at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) developed an edible antiviral treatment that can be used to protect honey bees against Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) and other viruses. Honeybees are important agricultural pollinators. However, viruses, including DWV, are linked to the deaths of millions of …