During the Georgia Ag Awareness Week kick-off event in Atlanta, it was announced that Everett Williams with WD Dairy LLC of Madison, Georgia was this year’s Environmental Stewardship Award winner. Download Audio
Beef Checkoff Promoting Product to Consumers
In our series, “Get to know your beef checkoff” brought to you by the beef checkoff, beef producer Gerald Long from Bainbridge, Georgia said it’s important for producers to promote their own product and the beef checkoff does just that by getting the message out to consumers. Download Audio To learn more about your beef checkoff go to mybeefcheckoff.com.
Farm Tours
There is a new concept to food production. Everett Griner tells us what this is. Download Audio
Discussion of School Nutrition Program Shift Begins in Senate
The Senate Agriculture Committee will be discussing shifting responsibilities for school nutrition programs from the Department of Education to the Department of Agriculture, a proposal Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is pushing for, but one that has received a lukewarm response from the state’s Board of Education. Download Audio
GBB Helping Producers Become BQA Certified
Executive Vice President of the Georgia Beef Board, Josh White, reminds cattle producers that a BQA certification course will be available on Thursday, March 31st at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry during the annual GCA Convention. But if you can’t be there that day, he has information of another way you can take the course. Download Audio
FL Voluntary Beef Checkoff Continues
Roger Butler, Chairman of the Florida Beef Council, wants producers to realize the one-dollar per head beef checkoff just can’t do nearly what it was intended to do back when it started in 1986. Download Audio
Future Farmers
Today Everett Griner looks at how education and encouragement are big factors to farming future. Download Audio
Testimony on Clean Use of Antibiotics
USDA’s Agricultural Research Service Administrator testified before the House Appropriations Committee’s agriculture subcommittee that his department is conducting research on antibiotic use in livestock and antibiotic resistance. Download Audio
FFB Eyeing Immigration as the Hot Button Issue of 2011 Session
In this report we check in with director of state legislative affairs with the Florida Farm Bureau Federation, Ben Parks, who says that it looks like immigration is going to be the hot button issue for the 2011 Legislative Session. Download Audio
Higher Meat Production Forecast
New forecast numbers show we are now expecting more red meat, pork and poultry output in the U.S. this year than what was earlier projected. Download Audio