Producer Appreciates the Value of the Beef Checkoff In our weekly “Getting to know your beef checkoff” brought to you by your beef checkoff, Kurt Childers from Barney, Georgia appreciates the value the beef checkoff provides those in the industry. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The …
Senate Fails to Advance WOTUS Disapproval Veto
The Senate failed to move forward with a veto override on the Waters of the U.S. disapproval resolution Thursday. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Statement from Agriculture Deputy Secretary Harden on Plans to Depart USDA
From the U.S. Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2016 – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden today made the following statement on her plans to depart the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the end of February 2016: “Today is bittersweet for me as I announce my decision to step down as Deputy Secretary at the end of February. I …
Florida Speaker Crisafulli on 2016 Session
The Florida Cattlemen’s Association’s Legislative Quarterly meetings wrapped up today in Tallahassee as a large group of both Cattlemen and Women were on hand for this year’s event. One stop during the legislative visits was the office of Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, Steve Crisafull. I has a chance to talk with him Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Commissioner Putnam Applauds Governor Scott for Signing Water Policy Legislation
From the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: TALLAHASSEE, Fla.– Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam issued the following statement regarding Governor Scott’s signing of water policy legislation: “In a state as diverse as Florida, water is our common identity. I thank Governor Scott for signing this water policy legislation that will protect the quality and quantity of …
Producers Encouraged to Try Conservation Client Gateway
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) wants farmers and landowners, who have yet to try their new secure online portal, Conservation Client Gateway, to do so. NRCS Southeast Regional Conservationist, James Tillman, has more information on how this new tool works. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get …
Disappointed with WOTUS Veto
Many agriculture groups have expressed their disappointment with President Obama’s veto of the legislation designed to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the U.S. rule. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers …
USDA Designates 3 Counties in Georgia as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
From the U.S. Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2016 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Emanuel, Jenkins and Wayne counties in Georgia as a primary natural disaster area due to damages and losses caused by excessive rain and moisture that occurred from Aug. 24, 2015, and continues. Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in Georgia …
Nutrition- A Consumer-Producer Connection
The growing trend in connecting food consumers with producers, and why humans aren’t the only ones reaping the benefits Consumers want to know more – and want more – from their food. And that demand is especially strong for foods with increased nutritional content. Consumers are taking their demands right to the producers, and the producers are listening. Cathy Isom …
Florida Cattlemen Visit State Lawmakers
The 2016 Florida Cattlemen’s Association’s Legislative Quarterly meeting is taking place this week in Tallahassee. FCA President Erik Jacobsen is pleased with the turnout of Cattlemen from across the state, as I talked with Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle …