As consumers continue to question just how the current drought will ultimately affect retails food prices, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack points out that only 14 percent of commodity prices make up the total of a retail food price. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out …
Alabama Best Steak Contest Continues
“Alabama’s Best Steak” contest is a beef promotion that has really generated a lot of interest, as Erin Beasley with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association said many people have been involved in the on-line effort to name the best steakhouse in Alabama. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get …
Florida Beef Council Getting Out Correct Info about Beef
There are various efforts to put information out to consumers about beef that may not always be true, and that’s why Ashley Hughes with the Florida Beef Council said they continuously work to provide the correct information about beef to everyone they talk to. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley …
AL Producers Affected by Drought Encouraged to Visit with NRCS Office
Alabama NRCS Resource Conservationist John Curtis encourages farmers and ranchers who have failed NRCS practices because of the drought to revisit with their local NRCS office. 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 …
Export Sales Up
There is good news! Export sales are up for farm goods. Everett Griner has the news. 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 Board Helps to …
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Meat Purchase to Assist Livestock Producers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2012 – As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to do everything it can to help farmers, ranchers, small businesses, and communities being impacted by the nation’s persistent drought, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced USDA’s intent to purchase up to $170 million of pork, lamb, chicken, and catfish for federal food nutrition assistance programs, including food …
How Drought Reduced Crops Could Affect Overall Farm Income
USDA Chief Economist Joe Glauber says the question they will try to answer in the coming months is just how much the drought and related crop reductions will impact overall U.S. farm income. 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 Industry Conducts National Audit
Details of the Beef Checkoff funded National Beef Quality Audit was recently released as Executive Director of Producer Education for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, John Patterson, said it shows that progress has been made but that there is still room for improvement. Download Audio All the information from the audit is at www.bqa.org. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided …
Still Bone Dry
Everett Griner lets us know that the El Niño forecast has proved inaccurate. 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 Board Helps to Support Forage Development …
Ag in Review for the Week of August 6, 2012
A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast. 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 Board …