The 2020 Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) Convention and Trade Show will be held Feb. 14-15 at the Renaissance Hotel & Montgomery Convention Center. ACA Director of Field Services Morgan Pounds talked to Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman about the youth competitions that will take place during this year’s convention. The 2020 ACA Convention and Trade Show will also have informative Cattlemen’s …
Environmental Stewardship Award Applications Being Accepted
Those interested in providing applications for the 2020 Environmental Stewardship Award are reminded they are due March 6, 2020. The program, established in 1991 by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), is designed to recognize cattle and livestock operations and their stewardship and conservation efforts. Any individual, group or organization is eligible to nominate one individual/business who/that raises or feeds …
Legislators Send Letter to FDA on Dairy Labeling
Senators Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Jim Risch of Idaho have led a bipartisan coalition that sent a letter to Stephen Hahn, the new Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. They asked Hahn to stop using dairy terms on the labels of non-dairy products. The Hagstrom Report says under the former commissioner, the FDA began reviewing how to enforce …
Beef, Pork Production Hit Record Highs in December
Pork and red meat production hit a monthly record in December. The USDA says pork production totaled 2.44 billion pounds, a nine percent jump over December of the previous year. Slaughter was also higher, up nine percent to 11.4 million head. The average live weight gaining was up two pounds to 288 pounds. Beef production totaled 4.72 billion pounds, a …
More Heifers in Feedlots
USDA’s latest Cattle on Feed Report shows the number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 12.0 million head on January 1, 2020, two percent above January 1, 2019. The inventory includes 7.37 million steers and steer calves, up 1 percent from the …
NCBA Pleased with New Navigable Waters Protection Rule
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is just one of the many groups in agriculture pleased with the new Navigable Waters Protection Rule, otherwise known as WOTUS 2.0, announced Thursday. NCBA Chief Environmental Counsel, Scott Yager, says this is a really positive rule for rural America. Learn more on the NCBA website, http://www.ncba.org Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida …
Florida Cattlemen Visit Tallahassee
During week two of the 2020 Florida legislative session, the Florida Cattlemen’s Association (FCA) held its annual Legislative Quarterly in Tallahassee. FCA Director of Governmental Affairs Sam Ard says the association’s members were able to sit in on the Senate Agricultural Appropriations Committee Meeting. For more information, contact the FCA office in Kissimmee at http://www.floridacattlemen.org/ Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch …
Market Outlook from CattleFax at Cattle Industry Convention
The CattleFax Outlook Seminar will be one of the many sessions taking place during the 2020 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show, February 5-7 in San Antonio. And according to CattleFax CEO, Randy Blach, the U.S. cattle industry is facing a whole new ball game in 2020, and financial skies should be sunny for producers this coming year. “We’re …
Cattle Disease Traceability Continues Advancing
Multiple state cattlemen’s organizations from major beef producing regions have partnered together to form U.S. CattleTrace, a disease traceability initiative. The goal is to develop a national infrastructure for disease traceability and encourage private industry’s use of the infrastructure for individualized management practices. The new U.S. CattleTrace initiative combines the efforts of CattleTrace, which includes the Kansas Livestock Association and …
Wet Conditions Affect Winter Feeding
by Justin Miller AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. – Recent rainfall across the state has many cattle producers dipping deeper into their winter feeding supplies. “There are many areas of the state where hay supplies are tightening,” said Kent Stanford, an Alabama Extension assistant professor specializing in animal science and forages. “Also, the wet conditions over the last several weeks have increased …