Florida Beef Council Hosts Youth Culinary Event

Dale Sandlin Beef, Cattle, Florida Beef Council (FBC)

The Florida Beef Council held a two-day youth culinary deep dive into the beef industry with Melbourne High School’s culinary program and we caught up with Deanne Maples with the Florida Beef Council for a recap of their activities. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Asian Longhorn Tick Monitoring Continues

Dale Sandlin Cattle, Livestock, Pest/Pest Control, USDA-APHIS

As the weather continues to warm up, USDA is highlighting their continuing work on the Asian Longhorn Tick. Denise Bonilla of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service shares the details on this important work for livestock producers. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded …

GCA Upcoming Roundup to Focus on Forages

Dale Sandlin Beef, Cattle, Georgia Cattlemen’s Association (GCA)

The Georgia Cattlemen’s Association will be holding a Roundup event focusing on forages this week in Moultrie. We caught up with Dr. Lisa Baxter with the University of Georgia who provided a preview of the educational portion of the event. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …

ANCW Elects New Slate of Officers For 2025-2026

Dale Sandlin Cattle

The American National Cattlewomen have announced their new slate of officers for 2025-2026. Nikki Weston will serve as President, Casey Matzke as President Elect and Debbie Chute as Vice President. Weston, of Randolph, Utah grew up in the urban area of Utah’s Wasatch front and after marrying her high school sweetheart she embraced the agricultural lifestyle. Weston raised her family …

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Livestock Market Reports for Week Ended 05-02-2025

Dan Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Florida, Georgia

Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia for the week ended May 2, 2025, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended- May 2, 2025, receipts at 16 markets totaled 10,746 head compared to 8,278 last week and 9,421 last …

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May Events Helping with Strong Beef Market

Dan Agri-Business, Beef, Cattle, Events, Marketing

Various events are taking place in the month of May. As Mark Oppold, they are all events that are helping with the strong beef market this month. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, …

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Cattle Efforts Included in Florida Farm Bill Passage

Dale Sandlin Beef, Cattle, Florida, Legislative

The Florida Farm bill was passed earlier this week as the Florida Legislature is picking up the pace in their work at the state capitol in Tallahassee. While this omnibus bill deals with many aspects of agriculture in Florida, a couple of cattle industry items were included in the bill. We caught up with Sam Ard, Director of Government Affairs …

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China Retaliatory Tariffs Could Effectively Halt Red Meat Trade

Dale Sandlin Beef, Cattle, Export/Import, Livestock, Pork, Tariff, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)

According to the US Meat Export Federation, the recent reciprocal tariffs by the US and the retaliatory tariffs imposed by China have effectively halted trade. The effective duty rate on US Beef and beef variety meat are currently tariffed at 147% and US pork and pork variety meats have reached 172%. Erin Borror, Vice president of economic analysis with USMEF …

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Americans See Meat as Part of a Healthy Lifestyle

Dan Beef, Cattle, Economy, Marketing

Meat sales hit a record high of $104.6 billion in 2024. The pounds sold increased by 2.3 percent compared to 2023, and consumers, on average, purchase meat more than once per week. That keeps meat the largest fresh department in grocery stores.  The 20th annual Power of Meat Report says almost all (98 percent) American households purchase meat, and 73 …

New World Screwworm

US Secretary of Agriculture Increases Pressure on Mexico in Response to New World Screwworm

Dale Sandlin Beef, Cattle, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), USDA

US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins sent a follow-up letter to Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture on Saturday regarding Mexico’s actions in collaboration to combat the New World Screwworm. In the letter Secretary Rollins points out the issues surrounding the USDA-APHIS contracted carriers including Dynamic Aviation’s ability to operate including direct flight permissions, pilot credentialing, facility access and full control over …