The 71st annual University of Florida/IFAS Beef Cattle Short Course will return to the traditional in-person full event this year. It will be held May 4-6 at the Straughn Professional Development Center in Gainesville. The event kicks off at 1:00pm on Wednesday and will adjourn Friday at noon. This year’s Short Course will have a double focus: female reproduction and traceability. The …
USMEF Details Impact of Ukraine War on Global Red Meat Industry
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) recently produced a video that details the impact of the war in Ukraine on the global red meat outlook and agriculture in general. USMEF Vice President of Economic Analysis, Erin Borror, details how it is impacting red meat and feed availability both short and long term. She discusses how the conflict is impacting global hog production …
Livestock Market Reports for Week Ended 04-29-2022
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia for the week ended April 29, 2022, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ended April 29, 2022, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 16,700 head compared to 8,159 last week and …
Big Four Beef Packers Deny Collusion
The ‘big four’ beef packers, in dramatic questioning during a House Ag hearing this week, denied breaking antitrust laws by colluding to create record profits. It was a dramatic moment in an hours-long hearing, as Ag Chair David Scott asked the ‘big four’ beef packer CEOs if they’d worked together to set prices, netting 15 billion in profits last year …
CoBank: Rising Meat Prices Will Test Consumer Demand
U.S. consumer demand for meat at the retail level remains exceptionally strong despite rising prices caused by increased production costs and supply chain challenges. A new CoBank report says that may change soon. Once the full effect of increased costs of producer price inflation shows up in the retail meat case, demand will get tested. “Retail meat prices will remain …
Senate Ag Committee Split on Cattle Market Reform Bill
A Senate Ag Committee cattle market reform hearing Tuesday proved again just how divided the industry is over how to deal with packer concentration, and in some cases, how afraid some producers are to say. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley claimed momentum for his Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act ahead of the Senate Ag hearing. “It does not include the …
Busy Week for the Beef Checkoff in Alabama
The Beef checkoff program in Alabama has a busy week of events coming up at various points across the state. Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) Director of Education and Outreach, Ali Cantrell, told us they have events taking place Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. To learn more about Beef Checkoff funded activities in Alabama, contact the ACA office in Montgomery, or go to their website. …
Florida Beef Council Member Attends Orientation Event
The Florida Beef Council (FBC) continues their efforts in promoting beef across the state, but it takes cattle ranchers from the state serve on the Board to make decisions as to how those Beef Checkoff dollars are spent in the state each year. Will Butler from Okeechobee, FL became one of the newer producers to serve on the FBC Board back in …
Georgia Beef Board Preparing for May Beef Month
May will be Beef Month in Georgia, and the Georgia Beef Board (GBB) continues their efforts to prepare for a variety of promotions that will be held this year. GBB Director of Public Relations, Taylor Evans, runs through what they have planned thus far. For more information about May Beef Month in Georgia, contact the GBB office in Macon at 478-474-1815. Sponsored …
Beef Sustainability Campaign Reaches 96 Million Consumers
A Beef Checkoff-funded campaign called, “Rethink the Ranch,” was executed by Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. It introduced the public to beef producers who make science-driven decisions to keep their herds, environment and businesses healthy enough to pass on to the next generation. The campaign increased consumer confidence in beef and beef production by inviting consumers to learn more about …