The 26th annual Northwest Florida Beef Conference and Trade Show took place today at the Jackson County Extension Service’s Ag Conference Center in Marianna. The Beef Conference is an annual University of Florida Extension educational program for beef cattle producers in the tri-state region of Florida, Alabama, and Georgia. And Doug Mayo, Jackson County Extension Director was pleased with the …
FL Ranch Receives National BQA Award
This week’s BQA Quality Report is brought to you by your state and national Beef Quality Assurance programs as as at last week’s Cattle Industry Convention in Denver, the 2011 National BQA Award was presented. And this year’s recipient was Mike Milicevic with Lykes Brothers Ranch in Okeechobee, Florida who told me BQA is just a part of their everyday …
Beef Checkoff Sees Producer Confidence Grow
Numbers from the latest survey show beef and dairy producers’ attitudes toward the beef checkoff program are quite favorable and have improved noticeably in the past year. Download Audio
AL Beef Promotion Underway
Erin Hunter with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association talks about a beef promotion which just started and one you can learn even more about at the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Convention and Trade Show February 11-12 in Montgomery. Download Audio
NW FL Beef Conference & Trade Show is Wednesday
The 26th annual Northwest Florida Beef Conference and Trade Show is coming up this Wednesday, February 9th at the Jackson County Extension Service’s Ag Conference Center in Marianna. Download Audio
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending February 4th put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. AL: Download Audio FL: Download Audio GA: Download Audio
Cattlefax Seminar Held at Cattle Industry Convention
The 2011 Cattle Industry Convention continues today in Denver where this morning there was a large crowd attending the annual CattleFax Outlook Seminar. CattleFax CEO Randy Blach talked with me afterwards about some of the marketing issues producers came to hear about. Download Audio
GBB Grants Come from Federation
At the 2011 Cattle Industry Convention in Denver today, the Federation of State Beef Councils is meeting to develop a charter to help make it clearer and simpler for producers to understand what it is they do. But Georgia Beef Board’s Ashley Hughes helps to explain how the grant dollars they’ve recieved through the Federation is a big help to …
Beef Checkoff Discussed at Cattle Convention
Many topics are being discusssed at the 2011 Cattle Industry Convention in Denver including the beef checkoff and how dollars are down due to declining cattle numbers. CEO of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board Tom Ramey said that is also coupled with the fact the dollar just does not go nearly as far as it did back when the checkoff first …
GA Promoting BQA Course
This week’s BQA Quality Report is brought to you by your state and national Beef Quality Assurance programs as Josh White, Executive Vice President of the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association, says they want to help producers with BQA certification. Download Audio Get to know your BQA program by visiting MyBeefCheckoff.com\bqa