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 …
Weather Takes another Bite out of Pastures
The weather keeps chopping away at the nation’s pastures and rangelands as Gary Crawford has the story. 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 Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps …
GMO Prospects
GMO crops feed more [people. Everett Griner explains. 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 Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026
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 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 Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, …
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 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 …
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 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 …
USDA Designates 10 Counties in Florida as Primary Natural Disaster Areas with Assistance to Producers in Georgia
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2012 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 10 counties in Florida as primary natural disaster areas due to the combined effects of Tropical Storm Debby, excessive rain and flooding that occurred June 1-29, 2012. The counties are: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get …
Important to Keep Estate Tax Provision in Final Tax Package
One thing the U.S. House of Representatives did before leaving for their August recess was extend the current tax code for another year which includes keeping the estate tax at its current level. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association associate director of legislative affairs, Kent Bacus, said it’s a step in the right direction but encourages producers to get out and talk …
AL NRCS Accepting Applications for Drought Assistance
AL NRCS Resource Conservationist John Curtis says the Natural Resources Conservation Service is now accepting applications for funding consideration for specific practices that address wildlife habitat and drought resource concerns. 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 Board …