In this week’s “Getting to know your beef checkoff” brought to you by the beef checkoff we hear from Jordan Harrison who has been involved in the beef ambassador program in Georgia, something that helped him decide to pursue a career in agriculture. Download Audio To learn more about your beef checkoff go to mybeefcheckoff.com. Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of …
AL NRCS Reminds Producers of Upcoming Deadline for Drought Assistance
AL NRCS Resource Conservationist John Curtis wants to remind producers in drought stricken counties that the Natural Resources Conservation Service is offering assistance through their Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program and the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through The Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay …
2013 BQA Award Applications are Due Friday
Applications for the beef checkoff’s 5th annual National Beef Quality Assurance Awards are due this Friday August 10th. They will again recognize four outstanding individuals/organizations in the following categories: Beef, Dairy, Marketer and Educator. But the process for the 2013 BQA Awards has changed this year as they must be submitted online. That can all be done by going to …
Lawmakers Enter August Recess Without Farm Bill or Disaster Action
Lawmakers have went home for the August Recess without a Farm Bill, a Farm Bill extension or a completed disaster aid bill. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through The Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida …
Georgia Beef Producer Knows Importance of Checkoff
A recent survey of U.S. beef and dairy producers shows that checkoff support is at 74 percent as an overwhelming majority of producers continue to believe that their checkoff has value for them in many ways. And Lane Holton, a beef producer from Camilla, Georgia who serves on the Georgia Beef Board, is one of those as he said marketing …
Florida to Hold Beef Excellence Institute
Coming up in October the University of Florida Department of Animal Sciences and the Florida Beef Council will hold a Beef Excellence Institute as Ashley Hughes invites cow-calf producers to attend. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through The Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Alabama Beef Discussed at Culinary Program
Getting the beef message out to culinary class was an event the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association recently took part in, as Erin Beasley said they conducted a beef education course for those students. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through The Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle …
Ag in Review for the Week of July 30, 2012
A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast. Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through The Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …
Disaster Assistance Passes House, But Focus Remains on Need for Farm Bill
House Ag leaders reluctantly supported the successful passage of the House Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance bill, all the while reiterating the need for a comprehensive 5-year Farm Bill. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through The Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding …
Drought Fuels Feed vs Fuel Debate as 156 in Congress Weigh-In
This week’s debate about what to do with the drought stricken corn crop continues. Animal agriculture interests want EPA to waive the mandate for corn ethanol production, while ethanol interests insist it would only raise fuel prices instead. Here are two news releases that capture each side’s story pretty well, at this moment in time anyway. Stay tuned. Please click …