From the Georgia Department of Agriculture Georgia tobacco producers overwhelmingly voted to extend the assessment of fifty cents per hundredweight of tobacco for an additional three years—90.6% of the eligible ballots returned voted yes. The balloting period for the market order was conducted from March 1st to March 30th. The Georgia Agriculture Commodity Commission for Tobacco utilizes funds received for …
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the Alabama and Georgia livestock market reports for the week ending April 14th, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for both states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions for the week ended April 14th, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 13,200 head compared to 9,741 last week and 10,036 year ago. Compared to …
Georgia Cotton Commission Says Cottonseed Designation Efforts Continue
Efforts continue to help producers with a cottonseed designation. According to the National Cotton Council (NCC), in recent testimony before the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, NCC Chairman Ronnie Lee from Bronwood, Ga. said, “cotton must be brought back into the farm law’s Title I commodity policy as it is the only program crop …
Georgia Cattlemen’s Foundation Promoting Virtual Herd Program
The Georgia Cattlemen’s Foundation has a program that individual producers can be involved with. Foundation Chairman Steve Blackburn explains. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Sunbelt Ag Expo Preparing for Annual Field Day
While July is still a few months away, Director of the Sunbelt Ag Expo, Chip Blalock, says field work is well underway in preparation for the annual Field Day event which will be held July 13th in Moultrie, Georgia. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the Alabama and Georgia livestock market reports for the week ending April 7th, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for both states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions for the week ended April 7th, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 8,700 head compared to 11,378 last week and 10,014 year ago. Compared to one …
Georgia Beef Team Member Works with Consumers and Producers
During last week’s annual Georgia Cattlemen’s Association Convention Allie Williams, an intern for the Georgia Beef Board and a senior at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC), helped with serving producers various beef meals. And in our Georgia Beef Checkoff report, she also talks her time serving on the ABAC Beef Team. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To …
Avian Influenza Testing Continues in Georgia
It was early last week when the Georgia Department of Agriculture announced that a flock of chickens at a commercial poultry breeding operation located in Chattooga County, Georgia has tested positive for H7, presumptive low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI). No other positive cases have been found since, but State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Cobb says testing continues. Owners of poultry flocks …
ABAC Holding Gee Haw Whoa Back Rodeo This Week
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) in Tifton, Georgia hopes rodeo fans will join them April 7-8 for their annual “Gee Haw Whoa Back” rodeo. ABAC’s Dr. Tim Marshall says this it’s all a part of Homecoming Week 2017, and spectators will be entertained with competition during the Professional Cowboy Association-sanctioned rodeo. For more information on rodeo tickets or Homecoming Week, …
Florida, Georgia to Split Fees for Special Master
From: The News Service of Florida Florida and Georgia will split nearly $51,000 in additional fees for Special Master Ralph Lancaster, who in February sided with Georgia in a long-running legal battle about water use in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle …