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Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia for the week ended March 14, 2025, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended March 14, 2025, receipts at 16 markets totaled 8,023 head compared to 11,295 last week and 9,319 last …
Week one of the 2025 Florida Legislative Session took place last week in Tallahassee, which means this week will be a big one for the Florida Cattlemen’s Association (FCA). FCA Director of Governmental Affairs, Sam Ard, explains what all is planned for the annual FCA Legislative Quarterly meeting March 11-12. As Ard mentioned, the majority of the day Wednesday, March 12th will …
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended March 7, 2025, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended March 07, 2025, receipts at 16 markets totaled 11,295 head compared to 8,564 last week and 8,656 last …
(FDACS/TALLAHASSEE, FL/03-05-25) – Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson announced that the Governor and Cabinet, sitting as the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, have approved the preservation of nearly 6,500 acres of working Florida farms and ranches through the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Rural and Family Lands Protection Program. Rural lands protection easements prevent …
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended February 28, 2025, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended February 28, 2025, receipts at 16 markets totaled 8,564 head compared to 6,089 last week and 12,746 last …
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) has announced the preservation of more Florida farmland through their Rural and Family Lands Protection Program (RFLPP). Hard Labor Creek, a 2,336-acre property located in Washington County, is being preserved through a rural lands protection easement for $4,995,000. Hard Labor Creek is 2,336 acres of rolling pinelands and forested wetlands in Washington County that includes …
The Florida Beef Council (FBC) recently took part in the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. FBC Director of Education & Promotion, DeAnne Maples, explains to Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman how they were involved in this annual event. For more information on Beef Checkoff activities in Florida, contact the FBC office in Kissimmee. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, …
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia for the week ended February 21, 2025, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended February 21, 2025, receipts at 16 markets totaled 6,089 head compared to 9,433 last week and 14,262 last …
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson recently highlighted the Florida Farm Bill, specifically the proposal to protect Florida’s ag producers from environmental, social, and governance lending discrimination. Southeast AgNet’s Dale Sandlin has more information. This protection would be provided when lenders determine whether to provide capital to farms. Commissioner Wilton Simpson said, “ESG lending discrimination is an existential threat to American agriculture. …
Eighteen state agriculture commissioners, led by Florida Commissioner Wilton Simpson, have urged U.S. lawmakers to push for exemptions to the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), set to take effect on December 30, 2025. The commissioners argue that the rule, intended to prevent deforestation, would impose unnecessary burdens on the U.S. timber and agricultural industries. In a letter addressed to U.S. …
