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 ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement …
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 ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded …
Agriculture Fares Well in 2017 Georgia Legislative Session
Georgia lawmakers wrapped up the 2017 session during the early morning hours last Friday and overall, it was a good 40-day run for the agriculture industry. From initiatives that affect rural Georgia, to liability protections for livestock management practices, to state budget support of agriculture programs and projects, Bryan Tolar with the Georgia Agribusiness Council says agriculture fared well during …
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the Alabama and Georgia livestock market reports for the week ending March 31st, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for both states. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides …
GCA Pleased with Georgia Legislative Session
The 2017 Georgia legislative session wrapped up last night, and during this morning’s general membership meeting at the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association (GCA) Convention and Trade Show in Perry, members heard a report about bills of interest to agriculture that had passed. Randall Weiseman talked with Chris Taylor, chairman of the GCA Legislative Committee about those bills. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester …
Incoming GCA President Encourages Producers to Get Involved
The 2017 Georgia Cattlemen’s Association Convention and Trade Show, in conjunction with the annual Beef Expo, continues today at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry. Incoming GCA President, Lee Brown from Comer, says he is looking forward to the upcoming year and encourages producers to get involved. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding …
GCA President Invites Producers to Annual Convention
The 2017 Georgia Cattlemen’s Association Convention and Trade Show, in conjunction with the annual Beef Expo, is underway at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry. Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman caught up with GCA President, Kyle Gillooly, who looks back at the past year. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle …