Looking for a Rebound in the Cattle Trade

Dan Beef, Cattle, Marketing

When it comes to the cattle trade, Mark Oppold notes many are looking for a rebound heading into the holiday weekend. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for …

USDA Offers Assistance to Help Organic Dairy Producers

Dan Agri-Business, Cattle, Dairy, Economy, Funding, Organic, This Land of Ours, USDA-FSA

Help for organic dairy producers. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced assistance for dairy producers with the new Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program (ODMAP). The program helps dairy producers mitigate market volatility, higher input and transportation costs, and unstable feed supply and prices that have created unique hardships in the organic …

DeSantis, Florida Cabinet Sign Off on Land Deals

Dan Beef, Cattle, Conservation, Dairy, Environment, Field Crops, Florida, Nursery Crops, Organic, Specialty Crops

(NSF/TALLAHASSEE, FL/May 23, 2023) — Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Cabinet on Tuesday approved spending nearly $100 million on land deals that will secure about 36,000 acres as part of a growing wildlife corridor. The 12 land deals are part of the Florida Forever program and the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program. They involve purchasing conservation easements, which …

Atypical BSE Case Detected in South Carolina

Dan Beef, Cattle, USDA-APHIS

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) last week announced the finding of an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). The approximately five-year-old or older beef cow tested positive following routine surveillance protocols at a slaughterhouse in South Carolina. The animal possessed a radio frequency identification tag associated with a herd in Tennessee. USDA APHIS and state animal …

Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 05-19-2023

Dan Alabama, Cattle, Florida, Georgia

Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended May 19, 2023, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended May 19, 2023, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 13,900 head compared to 11,001 last week and …

NCBA Endorses Legislation Protecting Animal Health

Dan Beef, Cattle, Legislative, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), Regulation

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) announced its support of the Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2023. The bipartisan legislation would continue making critical investments in foreign animal disease response programs currently overseen by USDA. “The threat of a foreign animal disease outbreak in the U.S. represents an existential threat to every cattle producer,” says …

Livestock Producers Give Opinions on EPA Regulations

Dan Cattle, Environment, Legislative, Livestock, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), Pork, Regulation, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)

Representatives from livestock industries gave passionate responses when asked about Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations during a House Agriculture subcommittee hearing, Wednesday. “Can you speak to the detrimental effects these types of onerous rules have on livestock producers and how uncertainty in compliance costs trickle down to the American consumer,” asked Congressman Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-04). The first response was from …

Gene-Edited Calf Shows Resistance to BVDV

Dan Cattle

Scientists have collaborated to produce the first gene-edited calf with resistance to bovine viral diarrhea virus, a virus that costs the U.S. cattle sector billions of dollars annually. Over the past 20 years, the scientific community discovered the main cellular receptor and the area where the virus binds to that receptor, causing infection in cows. Scientists modified the virus binding …

Busy Time for Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Staff

Dan Alabama, Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA), Beef, Cattle

Last week was a busy week for the staff at the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) Their Executive Vice President, Erin Beasley, explains what all transpired. Beasley also wants reminds producers that their summer regional meetings/cookouts at various sites across the state starts May 22nd. For more information click here. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …

Bringing Together More Meat and Poultry Processing Potential

Dan Beef, Cattle, Livestock, Pork, Poultry

Two funding programs offered by USDA to eligible meat and poultry processors could help to expand the levels and capacity of processing across the country. Rod Bain has the story. Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Jenny Moffit, provides more details on the two new grant programs. Applications are being accepted through July 19th for two new USDA grants. Sponsored ContentFlorida …