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The Florida Beef Council is entering a busy few weeks ahead with several educational and promotional events and we caught up with Deanne Maples with the Florida Beef Council to learn more. Maples said, “Spring has sprung. It is always a really busy time for us. The beef conversation is blooming, if you will, and so we’ve recently kicked off a new …
Eggs are taking center stage this weekend across the country and especially earlier this week as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins made a trip to North Carolina to a layer operation who donated the eggs for the upcoming White House Easter Egg Roll. Secretary Rollins said, “We were all together in North Carolina on Monday loading the 30,000 eggs …
A Historic Beginning in Denver According to agricultural historian Mark Oppold, the National Western Stock Show in Denver first began in 1906, establishing itself as one of the most enduring and influential agricultural events in the United States. From its earliest days, the show has served as a central gathering point for ranchers, farmers, and livestock producers, showcasing the strength …
Last week during the White House Great American Agriculture Celebration, President Trump announced that the administration would be making changes to the Diesel Exhaust Fluid system through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. According to the Agency, these changes include removing the DEF sensor requirement for all diesel equipment and according to the U.S. Small Business Administration, this change will save …
Late last week, President Trump hosted farmers and ranchers at the White House to celebrate National Agriculture Day and Week. Joined by US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, President Trump Highlighted some of the efforts that the administration has undertaken, as well as plans for other items impacting agriculture. President Trump …
The next Federal Reserve Board meeting is a little more than a month away. It’s the last one for Board Chairman Powell before his term expires in May, and his last meeting could be an historic one. There’s more talk on Wall Street that the Fed may be looking at three scenarios at their meeting, April 28th, 29th, leaving interest rates unchanged, …
The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association is encouraging young culinarians through an upcoming cookoff event. We caught up with Erin Beasley with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association to learn more. “Well, it’s a cook-off that the ACA and Alabama Cattlewomen’s Association are well known for and that is our junior and senior high school beef cook-off. We’ve been doing this event since the 60s and …
Well, if you’re planning next weekend, you want to make plans to go to Blakely, Georgia. Blakely will be having the Peanut Proud Festival. They’ve got teams working together from Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. The big day is around the Courthouse Square in Blakely starting at 9 a.m. The Peanut Proud store will be open that day. They said they’ll have a …
Today is National Agriculture Day. Those of us tied to agriculture, food production, or distribution in any way, every day is Agriculture Day. But great that we do set aside one day a year, always in March, to honor and highlight the men and women who have made agriculture, food production, and distribution their careers. Though as someone did say long ago, “if you eat, you’re …
The SLE Rodeo is coming soon to Montgomery Alabama and we caught up with Josie Jones with the SLE to get more details. Jones said, “the SLE rodeo is coming soon to Montgomery, Alabama and we caught up with Josie Jones with the SLE to get more details. We are super excited for the SLE rodeo here in 2026. It’s going to …
