The House of Representatives recently passed the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015, a bill that would extend federal highway funding for the next six years. But an amendment to that bill by Florida Representative Tom Rooney, which would have addressed the outdated truck weight laws, was not included. Here’s National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Elect Tracy Brunner. …
Register Now for Alabama Forage and Grassland Conference Tour
December 10th is the date for the 2015 Alabama Forage and Grassland Conference in Eufaula, but a tour will be held the day before. Dr. Kim Mullinex, beef cattle extension specialist with Auburn University, has the details. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …
Florida Faces Second Challenge on ‘Amendment 1’ Spending
FROM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA By JIM TURNER THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, November 12, 2015………. A Gainesville-based environmental group has launched a second legal challenge to how lawmakers carried out a constitutional amendment that requires spending on land acquisition and preservation. The Florida Defenders of the Environment wants a Leon County circuit judge to block the Department of Environmental Protection, …
Beef and Weight Loss
What a study is showing about eating more beef when you’re older and overweight. Dr. Connie Bales, professor at Duke University School of Medicine, is leading the experimental obesity intervention with older adults who are frail, using protein to offset the challenge to muscle mass during weight loss. Download Audio Dr. Bales is a Senior Fellow at the Center for …
What TPP Does for Cattle Producers
Farm groups have been busy the past few days reviewing and responding to the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership that was made available late last week. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association associate director of legislative affairs, Kent Bacus, discusses what is in it for cattle producers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future …
EPA and Partners Launch Challenge to Recycle Nutrients from Livestock Waste
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, pork and dairy producers, and environmental and scientific experts to launch the Nutrient Recycling Challenge, a competition to develop affordable technologies that recycle nutrients from livestock waste. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle …
Issues Management Side of Beef Checkoff
In our weekly “Getting to know your beef checkoff”, brought to you by your beef checkoff, Roger Butler from Loredo, Florida discusses the importance of the issues management side of the checkoff. Download Audio To learn more about your beef checkoff, go to mybeefcheckoff.com. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, …
A Veterans Day Note to USDA Employees from Secretary Vilsack
Secretary Vilsack shared his thoughts on Veterans Day with USDA employees, many of whom are veterans themselves: Dear Employees, I’d like to take a moment to honor the men and women of our military. Every day, they confront and triumph over those that threaten our national security in order to keep us safe. America’s veterans embody the values that stand …
Southeast AgNet This Week: Reduction in Cotton Production; Deadline Nearing for Dairy Producers
Today’s issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes information on the November cotton crop report, as well as a reminder about the November 20 deadline for the Margin Protection Program . Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle …
Florida Beef Council Holds Farm to Fork Tour
Ashley Hughes, director of marketing and promotion for the Florida Beef Council, was pleased with the Farm to Fork Tour the council hosted last week. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the …