Discussing Marketing Beef Through Alabama Webinars

Clint Thompson Alabama, Beef, Cattle

Marketing Meat Direct to Consumers is a three-part webinar series being conducted by the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA). According to Ali Cantrell, ACA’s director of education and outreach, this Beef Checkoff promotional effort is taking place this week. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Lower Prices Received by Livestock Producers in April

Clint Thompson Alabama, Cattle, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

USDA’s April Agricultural Prices Report shows livestock, poultry and dairy producers received less price for their commodities compared to the prior month. Rod Bain has the story.   Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle …

Georgia Promotes Beef Month in Various Ways

Clint Thompson Beef, Georgia

May Beef Month has wrapped up, and Georgia Beef Board (GBB) Executive Vice President Dale Sandlin explains how the overall Beef Checkoff promotion went this year. For more information about your Beef Checkoff, go to the GBB website. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Florida Cattlemen to Hold Virtual Meetings

Clint Thompson Cattle, Florida

In late April, the Florida Cattlemen’s Association (FCA) announced it was cancelling the 2020 Florida Cattlemen’s Annual Convention & Allied Tradeshow that was scheduled to be held June 23-25. This week, FCA announced it will be holding virtual meetings via Zoom. For those not familiar with it, Zoom is an online web conference tool that allows you to participate via …

Dairy Farmers of America Asks Nation to Spread #GallonsofGood

Clint Thompson Alabama, Dairy, Florida, Georgia

Kansas City, KAN., (June 1, 2020) – With schools closed and community meal services suspended amid the COVID-19 crisis, the need for reliable, nutritious food is even greater for thousands of families across the country. In response, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) family farmer-owners have donated the equivalent of more than 625,000 gallons of milk to the many families faced …

Managing Environmental Mastitis

Clint Thompson Alabama, Dairy, Florida, Georgia

Managing environmental mastitis continues to be both a common and costly challenge for dairy producers across the country. And due to weather conditions, this disease seems to be even trickier to manage for producers here in the Southeast. Boehringer Ingelheim has put together a question and answer feature with two veterinarians to help provide information for producers. John Laster, DVM, …

Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 05-29-2020

Clint Thompson Alabama, Cattle, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended May 29, 2020, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 10,700 head compared to 14,112 last week and 8,956 year ago. Compared to one week …

Georgia Cattlemen Hold Virtual Meeting, Cancel Summer Conference

Clint Thompson Cattle, Georgia

The Georgia Cattlemen’s Association (GCA) held its annual meeting on Thursday. GCA Executive Vice President Dale Sandlin says this was the first time they’ve held it virtually. But he also told Southeast Agnet’s Randall Weiseman in a previous meeting, a decision was made to cancel the GCA Summer Conference. More details about that meeting can be found on the GCA …

NMPF Urges Participation in CFAP

Clint Thompson Alabama, Dairy, Florida, Georgia

Sign-up is underway for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) is urging all dairy farmers to use the program. It will provide much-needed and much-appreciated aid in upcoming weeks and months. CFAP provides support to producers who have suffered a 5%-or-greater price decline due to COVID-19. “The sooner a farmer signs up, the …

BQA Nominations Due June 5

Clint Thompson Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Florida, Georgia

The deadline for nominations in the 14th annual National Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Awards is June 5, 2020. The 2020 National BQA Awards recognize five winners in the areas of beef producer, dairy, marketing and education: The beef producer honors include BQA Cow Calf and BQA Feedyard awards, which recognize producers who best demonstrate the implementation of BQA principles as …