Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending February 3rd put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. AL: Download Audio FL: Download Audio GA: Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New …
EPA Questioned by Cattlemen on CAFO Reporting Rule
NASHVILLE, TENN. (Feb. 3, 2012) – Ellen Gilinsky with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) faced a roomful of cattlemen and women at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s annual convention held in Nashville, Tenn. Gilinsky, who serves as a senior policy advisor to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, received questions regarding the proposed Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 308 CAFO (Concentrated Animal …
CattleFax Outlook Seminar at Cattle Industry Convention
A large part of the record crowd here at the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville attended this morning’s CattleFax outlook session. And while various aspects were of course covered, CattleFax CEO Randy Blach looked at the issue of herd expansion. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle …
Incoming NCBA President on Estate Tax
Incoming President of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, J.D. Alexander from Nebraska, said one of the top items they will be working on in Washington D.C. this year is the estate tax. Plus he talks about the record attendance of the Cattle Industry Convention which continues today in Nashville. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement …
Say Cheese….Pizza!
For the cheese and dairy industry, pizza was a market that was losing ground, until a partnership between the dairy checkoff and leading pizza companies helped dairy producers capitalize on the opportunity to grow cheese sales. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses …
Senate Farm Bill Hearings Scheduled
Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow has scheduled four more Farm Bill hearings. Download Audio 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 or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026
Cattlemen’s Beef Board to Meet Today
It’s day two of the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville, Tennessee as a variety of meetings will take place including one for the Cattlemen’s Beef Board. I talked with their CEO Polly Ruhland about what this meeting and another to be held Saturday will involve. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up …
Social Media Discussed at Cattle Industry Convention
Many topics are being discussed this week during the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville, Tennessee including social media. A session on that topic was held this afternoon as Southeast AgNet Founder & President Gary Cooper was the moderator for the event put together by the National Agri-Marketing Association. AgWired’s Chuck Zimmerman caught up with the panel and you can …
NCBA Pleased with Department of Labor’s Reconsideration of On-Farm Child Labor Regulations
NASHVILLE, TENN. (Feb. 1, 2012) – National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) President Bill Donald welcomed a crowd of roughly 6,000 cattlemen and women to Nashville, Tenn., for the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show with news that the U.S. Department of Labor announced today, Feb. 1, 2012, the agency’s intent to reconsider a portion of its proposed rule …
BQA Building Consumer Trust
In our weekly “BQA Quality Report”, brought to you by your state and national Beef Quality Assurance programs we are talking with with Jamie McConnell from Clanton, Alabama who said BQA helps producers put out the product consumers want. Download Audio Get to know your BQA program by visiting BQA.org Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board …