Ashley Hughes, the new Director of Beef Marketing and Promotion for the Florida Beef Council, wants producers and consumers both to know about their brand new Facebook page. Download Audio Or you can go to floridacattlemen.org where there is a direct link to the new Florida Beef Council Facebook page.
GBB Preparing for Busy Summer
The new Director of Industry Information for the Georgia Beef Board, Brooke Williams, said they are already planning for what will be a busy summer. Download Audio
ACA Hoping to Save Meat Inspections
Alabama Cattlemen’s Association’s Dr. Billy Powell said in their recent talks with Ag Commissioner John McMillan there was a little good news when it came to the issue of budget cuts in that department. Download Audio
House Sees Legislation to Repeal Death Tax
Farm groups like the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and American Farm Bureau Federation support the full and permanent repeal of the death tax, and there is now legislation in the House to try and do just that. Download Audio
GA Producer Named to Ag Exposition Authority
John Callaway of Hogansville, who chairs the Beef Cattle Committee of the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation, was recently named by Governor Nathan Deal to serve on the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority. Callaway, the owner and operator of Callaway Cattle Company, is retired from the University of Georgia’s Cooperative Extension Service where he worked for 29 years in Clarke and Haralson …
La Niña
Everett Griner explains how climatologists are seeing changes coming soon. Download Audio
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending April 1st put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. AL: Download Audio FL: Download Audio GA: Download Audio
Cattle Producers Get Marketing Info
Day two of the annual Georgia Cattlemen’s Association Convention & Trade Show is well underway as a great crowd is on hand for this big 50th event. Those attending have been able to hear about cattle marketing from the owner of King Livestock Company, Dell King of Hopkinsville, Ky., who talked about what buyers are looking for in today’s market. …
Costlier Food
The food inflation rate is accelerating and Everett Griner tells us just how much, and why. Download Audio
BQA Certifcation Underway at GCA Convention
Over 100 cattle producers are taking part in the Beef Quality Assurance certification program this afternoon at the annual Georgia Cattlemen’s Convention in Perry. BQA is a program developed to ensure that beef and dairy cattle are managed in a manner that will result in safe and wholesome beef products for the consumer, and some here today are talking it …