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The Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson announced the department’s completion of major updates to the Agricultural Best Management Practices manuals. These manuals provides specific, research-based practices for producer to improve water quality while maintaining productivity and economic viability. An additional BMP manual was also created for small farms and specialty livestock. As the first comprehensive revision in nearly 20 …

USDA has announced that the July Cattle on Feed Report will be reinstated for 2025 after being discontinued last year. The annual report produced by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) was cut last year, along with the cotton yield survey and all county estimates for crops and livestock reports due to budget cuts. The mid-year report for cattle on …

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a five-pronged strategy to address highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), as well as lowering egg prices. The strategy includes strengthening biosecurity assessments, expediting relief for producers to accelerate repopulation, reducing regulatory burdens to expand supply and lower prices, exploring temporary import-export adjustments to stabilize the supplies of eggs domestically, and investing $100 Million …

Cattle producers from across the country gathered last week to experience training on their new roles as beef council board members representing their home states. Florida Beef Council Board Member Kevin Escobar recapped this training.  Escobar also pointed out the return on investment that the Beef Checkoff is providing. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle …

The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association held farm tours with the Alabama Dietetic Association members in conjunction with their annual meeting.  The group toured Curtis Farms in North Alabama and had the ability to interact with the farm’s owners on production practices within the industry as well as interacting with a beef influencer to discuss the ways in which the dietician’s patients …

A resolution regarding agricultural trade policy has been introduced by a bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives sponsored by U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and Agriculture Trade Caucus co-chairs Representatives Adrian Smith (R-NE), Jim Costa (D-CA) and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA). Drawing on the value of agriculture’s $9.6 Trillion in economic output, the jobs created by agriculture and the value of commercial …

(NACD/Washington, D.C./March 21, 2025) — The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) applauds the appointment of Aubrey Bettencourt?to serve as Chief of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). As Chief, Bettencourt will lead NRCS staff and conservation programs that provide critical resources and technical assistance to America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners to invest in their operations …

A package of bills that we shared on our program earlier this week has passed swiftly through the Alabama House of Representatives. These bills included the reduction on the state sales tax on groceries and would result in a savings of $192 Million for Alabama taxpayers.  The lead bill, House Bill 386 would reduce the state’s grocery tax from 3% …

Several bills that may impact agriculture are being considered in Florida’s legislative session. The Florida Farm Bill, House Bill 651 sponsored By Representative Tuck and its companion Senate Bill 700 sponsored by Senator Truenow, features many components including increasing penalties for harassment of drones on  agricultural and private properties, enhancing ag disaster loan programs and the timber recovery program, as …