The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Board of Directors met Thursday in Montgomery as one of the main topics was the beef checkoff marketing plan for the upcoming year. Both Dr. Billy Powell and ACA President Mike Dee were pleased with the new plan that was approved. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida …
Pleased with Extra Beef Checkoff Dollars
Robert Fountain, Jr. of Adrian, Georgia serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the Cattlemens Beef Board, and he told me this past week the extra beef checkoff dollars they were able to add to the fiscal 2011 budget became available after some projects this past year came in under budget. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman …
USB Sponsoring Media Room at Ag Connect Expo 2011
Ag Connect Expo 2011 is coming to Atlanta on January 8-10, 2011. And Vanessa Kummer, communications chair for the United Soybean Board, says they’re excited to be involved in this world-class event by sponsoring the media room. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida …
High Corn Prices
Corn prices are near record high. What does this mean for the consumer? Who else does this affect? Everett Griner tells us the answers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay …
Federation of State Beef Councils Moving On
The Federation of State Beef Councils has been working since this summer with efforts to become more independent as their chairman, Scott George, said they are moving on. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data …
SE Farmers Seeing Good Yields with New Asgrow Soybean Variety
This season’s excessive heat and lack of moisture, resulted in lower yields for many southeastern farmers, but Burton Heatwole of Waynesboro, Georgia, says that despite all of this his Asgrow brand Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans still yielded an impressive 65 bushels per acre. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida …
Consumer Tool Available to Show Safety of Produce
A new report, Perspective on Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables has been released in order to give consumers more information about the safety of fruits and vegetables. The report includes a calculator that allows consumers to determine just how much of their favorite foods could be consumed in a day without any health effects from pesticide residues. Download Audio …
History Behind American Farm Bureau’s Thanksgiving Survey
This marks the 25th year of the American Farm Bureau Thanksgiving Survey and in celebration we have its history from the person responsible, American Farm Bureau Federation Director of Membership and Program Development, Marsha Purcell. Stay tuned next week for the numbers from the 2010 Thanksgiving survey. How it got started: Download Audio Challenges throughout the years: Download Audio Continued …
Farmer vs. EPA
Is the EPA making unreal proposals? Everett Griner looks into it and gives us his view. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding …
AL NRCS Completes EWP Project on Tribal Lands
We have had several reports recently focusing on the tribal efforts of the Alabama Natural Resources Conservation Service. And tribal liaison, David Elliot, and Poarch Creek Indian tribal elder, Billy Smith, says one example of those efforts is a recently completed Emergency Watershed Protection Program project on Magnolia Branch Wildlife Reserve. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding …