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Livestock Market Reports for Week Ended 12-17-2021
***This report will not be issued the next two weeks due to the holidays.*** We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy, and especially Safe, Christmas and New Year! Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia for the week ended December 17, 2021, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for …
Seven Alabama Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas by USDA
(WASHINGTON/USDA-FSA/Dec 14, 2021) — This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation …
ACA President on Alabama BEEF Political Action Committee
2022 will be a political year, and the Alabama BEEF Political Action Committee (PAC) supports candidates that align with the values of the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) and are supportive of the beef cattle industry. ACA President Clay Kennamer, from Jackson County, recently explained to Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman how their new membership levels are designed. For members that want to be …
Livestock Market Reports for Week Ended 12-11-2021
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia for the week ended December 11, 2021, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ending-December 10, 2021, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 18,500 head compared to 17,641 last week and 21,806 …
ACA Promoting Beef Commercials on Network Television
With the holiday season here, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, is again reminding consumers across the country that beef is the only protein that they want to feed their families this holiday season. And according to Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) Director of Social Media and Communications, Kayla Greer, once again they will be on broadcast …
Alabama Producers Urged to Complete Irrigation Questionnaire
The Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries (ADAI) wants to remind producers who performed agriculture irrigation upgrades in 2021 to complete an irrigation questionnaire. Hassey Brooks explains how eligible applicants can receive an irrigation tax credit. Ultimately, the Alabama Department of Revenue will issue the irrigation tax credit, but ASAI is responsible for collecting completed irrigation questionnaires from producers. The deadline date …
Livestock Market Reports for Week Ended 12-3-2021
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia for the week ended December 3, 2021, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ending-December 03, 2021, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 17,600 head compared to 0 last week and 16,359 …
Signup Deadline Announced for RCPP in Alabama
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Alabama has announced they are now accepting applications for the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) for the first batching date through January 3, 2022. In Alabama, the Nature Conservancy plans to reduce sedimentation, toxic pollution, nutrient runoff, and other stresses within several waterbodies in the Paint Rock, Big Canoe Creek, and Locust Fork watersheds. Implementing streambank restoration …
USDA-NRCS in Alabama Encourages Producers to Contact Local Offices
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Alabama recently held their first program batching deadline for Fiscal Year 2022 Conservation Easements and Financial Assistance Programs. But they want to remind eligible landowners and agricultural producers that continuous sign up is offered for many of their popular programs. NRCS Assistant State Conservationist for Programs in Alabama, Steve Musser, encourages producers, no …