AL Ready for AJCA Roundup

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Livestock

Registration for the 2009 Alabama Junior Cattlemen’s Association Roundup is just a liitle over a week away, as Alabama Cattlemen’s Association’s Reid Blossom said juniors need to register by Friday, July 3rd. To learn more about the annual AJCA Roundup, go to bamabeef.org Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances …

FBC Partnering for Summer Promotions

Randall Weiseman Beef, Cattle, Florida, Livestock

George Kempfer, Chairman of the Florida Beef Council, says they have worked hard to partner with retailers to help make what dollars they do have stretch and an example of that are a couple of upcoming promotions. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …

FL Listening Session Saturday in Jasper

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Dairy, Florida, Georgia, Livestock, Pork, Poultry

For Southeast producers, USDA will hold another listening session on the National Animal Identification System this Saturday, June 27th in Jasper, Florida. Again, the listening session will be held at the Hamilton County Extension Office, 1143 U.S. Highway 41 in Jasper, Florida from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., with registration beginning at 8:00am. To learn more about this or other sessions, go …

More Burgers, Less Steak

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Cattle, Florida, General, Georgia

The cattle industry is shifting gears and Everett Griner tells us why. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025

GCA Waiting on Animal ID Direction

Randall Weiseman Cattle, Georgia, Livestock

Listening sessions concerning the National Animal Identification System have been taking place across the country the past few weeks, with another one of those taking place this Saturday in North Florida. Jim Collins with the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association knows USDA and Secretary Vilsack are working to gather as much information about a system from those in the industry. Sponsored ContentFCEB …

FL Restricts Animal Imports due to Disease

Randall Weiseman Cattle, Dairy, Equine, Florida, Livestock, Pork

The state of Florida has announced restrictions on the importation of animals from states affected with vesicular stomatitis following a confirmed case in Texas, as State Veterinarian Dr. Tom Holt says it’s a disease they don’t want in the state. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, …

AL Sparks Promotes Animal ID

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Dairy, Livestock, Pork, Poultry

While USDA is hearing a lot of opposition to animal ID at the recent listening sessions about NAIS, Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture Ron Sparks said it’s important to have animal trace-back. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely …

Southeast Beef Bytes6

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Dairy, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

It’s week six in our Southeast Beef Bytes series funded by the National Beef Checkoff, as we continue conversations with producers from around the Southeast about the checkoff. This time around we are in Gray, Georgia where Billy Moore has been involved in the cattle industry for many years and said the beef checkoff has definitely been an asset to …

Cattle Feedlot Inventories Keep Shrinking

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

USDA released their monthly Cattle on Feed report last Friday which shows the number of cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in the U.S. totaled 10.4 million head on June 1 which is 4 percent below last year. USDA livestock analyst Shayle Shagam said the numbers of cattle will continue to diminish until the conditions are right for producers …