The Florida Legislative session was scheduled to end this past Friday, May 1st and while most of the business did wrap up that night, Director of Governmental Affairs for the Florida Cattlemen’s Association Sam Ard said the budget was carried over to this week. Ag Bills: Budget:
What’s in a Name?
Cows with names give more milk. Everett Griner tells us all about it.
Weekly Livestock Market Reports
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending May 1st put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. AL: FL: GA:
NCBA Continues to Fight Death Tax
Colin Woodall, Executive Director of Legislative Affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, wants producers to know they continue fighting to eliminate the death tax as they get stories everyday from operations who have had to sell off assets just to pay their taxes.
FL Cow-Calf BMP Kickoff Meetings
Meetings to formally introduce the recently adopted Cow/Calf Best Management Practices manual in Florida will kick off next week. Here are the dates, times, and locations of the meetings:
TB Found in West Texas Dairy Herd
Preliminary test results indicate that a dairy in west Texas is infected with cattle tuberculosis.
AL Cow Killed and Butchered in Pasture
According to a release from the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association, a cow was killed and butchered in a pasture in Autauga County.
AL Legislature Nearing End
The Alabama Legislature is getting close to the end of their 2009 session, which Dr. Billy Powell with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association said has involved a lot of work on the budget.
GA Beef Checkoff Research Adding Value
Beef value cuts have proven their worth thanks to beef checkoff dollars which provided the resources to allow researchers to spend valuable time in evaluating various muscles from both the chuck and round, and Dr. Dean Pringle with the University of Georgia said these efforts continue.
FL Preparing for Another Beef Webinar
The beef checkoff put together a series of protein webinars to educate health professionals across the country, as the first one took place last October in conjunction with the Florida Beef Council who is busy preparing for another coming up next week.