Cattle producers and ranchers from across the Southeast are invited to take part in the 37th annual Northwest Florida Beef Cattle Conference and Trade Show. It will be held on Wednesday, February 9th at the Jackson County Extension Office Auditorium in Marianna, Florida. Registration and Trade Show opens at 7:30am central time, the program starts at 8:15am, and concludes with a …
USDA Providing Disaster Assistance
USDA provided an update on upcoming disaster assistance during last week’s Cattle Industry Convention. The assistance is for agricultural producers impacted by weather-related disasters in 2020 and 2021. While speaking at the annual event Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, Robert Bonnie, said “Over the past two years, as agricultural producers have struggled with the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, many have …
New Anti-Competition Reporting Tool
Last week, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Justice (DOJ) launched a new tool where farmers and ranchers can anonymously report potentially unfair and anticompetitive practices in the livestock and poultry sectors. This can be done online at farmerfairness.gov. “This new online tool will help USDA and the Justice Department address anticompetitive actions and create livestock and poultry markets that …
Livestock Market Reports for Week Ended 02-4-2022
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia for the week ended February 4, 2022, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ending-February 04, 2022, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 14,000 head compared to 12,378 last week and 9,196 …
Florida Lawmakers Discuss Budget Issues Important to Agriculture
Week 4 of the 2022 Florida Legislative Session has wrapped up and in her weekly report Mary Ann Hooks, director of the University of Florida/IFAS (UF/IFAS) Government Affairs, said they are pleased to report that their budget priorities are alive and moving forward. The Senate and the House Appropriations Sub-committees released the first run of the budget numbers, and UF/IFAS looks good in the …
NCBA Unhappy with JBS Court Settlement
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is upset with a court settlement reached by JBS as part of a class-action lawsuit against the four biggest meatpackers in the U.S. DTN says the court case and the $52.5 million settlement involves price-fixing and the four meatpackers constraining the fed cattle supply. The NCBA wants to find out what happened to the …
Record U.S. Beef Export Numbers for 2021
Record export numbers were a hot topic during the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show this week in Houston, Texas. AgNet Media’s Sabrina Halvorson attended the event and has this report. The final export numbers are due out next Wednesday, February 9th. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Optimism for the Future of the Cattle and Beef Industry
During this week’s Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show in Houston, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association welcomed Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie, and British Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce. During the event, Secretary Vilsack committed to addressing challenges that producers are facing regarding the supply chain, processing capacity and drought. He …
US Cattle Inventory Down 2 Percent
The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently released their annual Cattle Inventory Report. It shows the number of all cattle and calves in the U.S. as of January 1, 2022, was 91.9 million head, down 2 percent from the 93.8 million head on January 1, 2021. All cows and heifers that have calved, at 39.5 million head, were 2 percent …
NCBA Releases 2022 Policy Priorities
During the 2022 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show taking place this week in Houston, Texas, the executive committee of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) approved the organization’s 2022 policy priorities with an emphasis on strengthening the economic, environmental and social sustainability of the cattle industry. NCBA’s policy priorities include: Improving market leverage and opportunities through increased access to market …