We talked recently about sustainability and the efforts underway to keep the beef industry sustainable. And Ashley Hughes with the Florida Beef Council says that is an issue the council will continue to work on. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch …
Georgia Beef Team Hard at Work
The Georgia Beef Board’s Beef Team continues to work hard at spreading the healthy beef message at various events. Zach Postin, who is part of the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Beef Team, talks about a couple of events they recently took part in. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps …
Last Chance to Enter Alabama Cowboy Cookoff
Erin Beasley, director of consumer marketing for the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association, invites those interested in showing off their beef cooking skills to join the association for the annual Alabama Cowboy Cookoff. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
NPR Poll Find Little Change in Meat Consumption
A new poll by National Public Radio finds messaging encouraging consumers to eat less meat are not changing dietary habits. The NPR survey of 3,000 Americans concluded the impact has been negligible when it comes to diets. The results were compared with a similar NPR poll from three years ago that found a slight drop in the number of people …
Efforts Continue with U.S. Beef Exports
We told you last month that according to USDA, a trade deal between Japan and Australia could come at the expense of U.S. beef exports to Japan. And U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Senior Vice President for Global Marketing, Dan Halstrom, told me Japan is a very important destination for U.S. beef. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided …
Beef Industry Continues Work on Sustainability
There are a lot of ideas out there as to the definition of sustainability. But the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) has been working to define what a sustainable operation is. I recently caught up with Dr. Kim Stackhouse-Lawson, executive director of global sustainability with NCBA, and asked her what is sustainability? Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided …
Lower Livestock Prices Expected
USDA is forecasting lower livestock prices in 2016. This is for cattle, hogs, poultry, eggs, and milk. Cattle prices are forecast to decline due to larger supplies of heavy cattle, high cold-storage stock levels, and sluggish foreign demand. Hog prices are expected to be lower due to Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, …
Farmers and Ranchers ‘Thank a Consumer’ at Commodity Classic
From the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance: CHESTERFIELD, Mo., (March 3, 2016) – Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company, said it best: “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” And the first step to coming together is showing appreciation for your customers. In agriculture, our customers are the people who eat, wear and …
USDA Officially Repeals Mandatory COOL
A final rule amending Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations by removing the requirements for muscle cuts of beef and pork, as well as ground beef and pork, was published in the Federal Register yesterday. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida …
Beef Quality Assurance is Industry Wide
In our weekly “BQA Quality Report”, brought to you by your state and national checkoff funded Beef Quality Assurance programs, Keith Glover from Hale County, Alabama says he is in the beef business and feels every cattle producer should be BQA certified. Download Audio Get to know your BQA program by visiting BQA.org Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity …