NAFTA Priority for Red Meat Industry Is to Preserve Full Market Access

Trade officials from the United States, Mexico, and Canada will open their first round of meetings tomorrow, August 16th, aimed at renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Joe Schuele reports that the top NAFTA priority for the red meat industry is to preserve full market access. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril …

U.S. Beef Products Struggling in China

U.S. beef products are struggling to gain traction following a return to China after a 14-year ban. Bloomberg reports that U.S. cuts of beef are largely unnoticeable in China’s meat isles. China, the world’s largest pork producer, and the consumer has seen beef demand climb as incomes increase, prompting people to spend on new and varied types of food. Imports …

Canada Plans to Protect its Dairy System in New NAFTA

Canada plans to protect its dairy system under a new North American Free Trade Agreement. As the first round of talks gets underway Wednesday, Canada officials say they will protect the nation’s system of tariffs and quotas that keep domestic dairy prices high and imports low. U.S. dairy farmers strongly dislike the system and want it dismantled. Canada’s Foreign Minister …

NMPF Statement on Comments from Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland

“In her speech to Parliament, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland seems to want it both ways – free trade with the United States in areas where Canada is competitive, but high protectionist walls when it comes to keeping out U.S. dairy imports. Moreover, Minister Freeland’s comments Monday about the dairy trade elements of the upcoming NAFTA talks are completely …

NCBA Dealing with Various Issues

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) continues to work on various issues. Kevin Kester, from Parkfield, California and NCBA president-elect, looks at some of those issues. 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 Quicker Response …

Weekly Livestock Market Report

Here are the Alabama and Georgia livestock market reports for the week ending August 11th, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for both states.   AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions for the week ended August 11, 2017, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 14,400 head compared to 17,721 last week and 12,451 a year ago. …

International Trade Important to U.S. Cattle Producers

One issue that is important to agriculture and cattle producers is international trade. That’s according to Tracy Brunner, immediate past president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). 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 Ag Issues Summit is August 23

The 2017 Georgia Ag Issues Summit will be held August 23rd at ABAC’s Georgia Museum of Agriculture in Tifton. Executive Vice President of the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association, Will Bentley, says it will be a great event.   The meeting is free, but registration is required due to limited space. To register, contact Leigh Goff at leigh.goff@house.ga.gov or Taylor Hartshorn at …

Cattlemen Urged to Attend GCA Region Roundups

The Georgia Cattlemen’s Association invites their members to attend one of the 2017 Region Roundups that will be held at 4 locations across the state. The first event will take place August 22 in Lyons at the Vidalia Onion & Vegetable Research Center. Then on August 29, they will be in Moultrie at the Colquitt County Extension Office. On September …