It’s been a busy month for the Alabama Beef Checkoff, and in this week’s report, Erin Beasley with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association says that includes hosting a couple of Beef 101 courses. 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 …
Lawmakers Call for Dairy Program Sign up Extension
We’ve told you that enrollment is underway through September 30th for producers interested in 2017 coverage in the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy). But now House and Senate lawmakers want the Agriculture Department to extend the enrollment period for the program. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The …
Keeping Beef Competitive in Today’s Marketplace
The marketplace for animal proteins is a very competitive one, and the industry must always remember the consumer is in the driver’s seat. With more on that story, here’s Melissa Jackson. 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 …
USDA Proposes Changes to Beef and Soybean Checkoffs
The USDA’s Ag Marketing Service has proposed changes to both the beef and soybean checkoff programs. In special circumstances, the proposed changes would allow producers to request that their assessment be sent to a certified state board or the national checkoff. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most …
Alabama’s Best Steak Contest Is Underway
We told you last week that Alabama’s Best Steak Contest was about to take place again, and in the weekly beef checkoff report, Erin Beasley with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association says it is underway. 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 …
Florida Beef Council Attends National Meeting
More than 700 cattle and beef industry leaders were in Denver last week for the Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting, and that included the Florida Beef Council. And Ashley Hughes says they were able to learn more about what the beef checkoff is doing on a national basis. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult …
Talking Georgia Beef with Seniors
Over the years, the Georgia Beef Board has worked to reach millennials and has talked with youngsters at various events. But according to Kaytlyn Malia, the board recently met with a group of seniors to talk beef. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of …
NMPF Offers Updated Tools to Help Dairy Farmers Enrolling in MPP
As of July 1st, dairy producers can enroll for 2017 coverage in the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) through USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). And to help producers with this, the National Milk Producers Federation has updated its Margin Protection Program website – futurefordairy.com. It has new materials to assist producers considering enrollment in the third year of the …
U.S. House Passes GMO Labeling Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Senate’s biotech food labeling bill (S764), otherwise known as the GMO labeling bill, by a vote of 306 to 117. The White House has already confirmed that President Obama would sign the compromise labeling bill. Various agriculture groups have issued releases praising this action by the House: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Red Meat and Poultry Production Forecast Raised
In USDA’s latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, they note in the Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy section that the forecast for total red meat and poultry production for 2016 is raised from last month. Beef production is forecast higher largely on Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get …