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 Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance …

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 Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …

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 Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay …

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 Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay …

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 Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding …

Alabama’s Best Steak Contest Starts Next Week

Erin Beasley with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association says one of its biggest beef promotions, Alabama’s Best Steak Contest, is about to take place again. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …

Florida Beef Council Thrilled with Electronic Coupon Campaign

During the recent Beef Month promotion in Florida, the Florida Beef Council took part in something new. And in our weekly report, brought to you by your beef checkoff, Ashley Hughes says the Council was thrilled with the results. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance …

Pleased with Growth of Georgia Team Beef

The Georgia Beef Board was busy over the Fourth of July weekend participating in the annual Peachtree Road Race. And according to Georgia Beef Board’s Kaytlyn Malia, the board was pleased with how things went for its promotional efforts at this year’s event and how Team Beef is growing. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage …