May Beef Month Activities in Georgia

  The Georgia Beef Board has a variety of activities planned over the next few week, as May is Beef Month in Georgia. And in the Georgia beef checkoff report, Kaytlyn Malia says it’s a month to celebrate beef.   Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle …

Florida Beef Council Chairman Pleased with Checkoff

The Florida Beef Council continues to look at various ways producer dollars can be used in the state to help promote the industry. The new chairman of the council is Flint Johns from Okeechobee.   Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, …

Beef Producers Hopeful for an End to China’s Ban on U.S. Beef

  U.S. beef producers have been hoping for quite some time for the opportunity to sell their beef in China. And according to this story from Gary Crawford, we may be one step closer to that happening.   Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

66th Annual Florida Beef Cattle Short Course Starts Wednesday

The University of Florida IFAS department of animal sciences is hosting the 66th Annual Florida Beef Cattle Short Course this week in Gainesville. It starts Wednesday and runs through Friday at the Straughn IFAS Extension Professional Development Center. Both small and large beef producers are invited to hear experts discuss hot topics and current research related to the beef industry. …

Agri View: China and Beef Exports

  Everett Griner talks about beef exports to China possibly beginning soon in today’s Agri View.   Most people know that China is one of America’s best export customers. China buys a lot of farm goods. Cotton, corn, tree nuts just to name a few. But most people don’t know is China does not import U.S. beef. They have not …

Promoting U.S Meat Products in Other Countries

Whether you are a cattle or hog producer, the President and CEO of the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), Phil Seng, wants you to know they continue to work hard every day to market U.S. meat products in various other countries around the world.   Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship …

Weekly Livestock Market Report

Here are the Alabama and Georgia livestock market reports for the week ending April 28th, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for both states.   AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions for the week ended April 28th, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 11,500 head compared to 11,075 last week and 9,475 year ago. Compared to …

Value Added Beef Market Opportunities and Challenges

A beef producer expanding into value-added production and marketing opportunities may have some challenges starting out. Rod Bain reports.     Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida …

Brazil meat Companies Lost $1.5 Billion after Investigation

Meat companies in Brazil lost the U.S. equivalent of $1.52 billion after the nation’s federal police announced an investigation into a tainted meat scandal. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports an economic measure of the losses discovered the declines that followed an investigation which stopped virtually all exports from Brazil for a brief time. The bulk of the losses were attributed …

Red Meat Demand Remaining Strong

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent Cold Storage Report showed record reductions of beef and pork, which means demand for the products remains high. At the other end of the spectrum, chicken stocks remain historically high. A Meating Place Dot Com article says total beef in cold storage dropped 38 million pounds in March, the biggest drop in March since …