DMI’s Harden Discusses Coronavirus Crisis Response

The dairy industry is just one of many in agriculture to really feel the effects of the COVID-19, and organizations within the industry have worked hard to help struggling producers across the country. Krysta Harden, executive vice president, global environmental strategy, for Dairy Management Inc. and Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, explains how DMI has responded to the coronavirus crisis. …

Discussing Marketing Beef Through Alabama Webinars

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 ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Lower Prices Received by Livestock Producers in April

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 ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For …

Georgia Promotes Beef Month in Various Ways

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 ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Florida Cattlemen to Hold Virtual Meetings

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

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

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

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

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

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 …