Beef Featured at Georgia Cooking Competition

Beef was featured during a cooking competition last week in Atlanta. Georgia Beef Board’s Kaytlyn Malia was pleased with the event, which the board sponsors. Beef Featured at Georgia Cooking Competition 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 …

Livestock Groups Happy with FMD Funding in Farm Bill

The Senate farm bill released last week includes language establishing a vaccine bank to deal with an outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, a priority for livestock groups. The House version of the bill includes FMD language, as well. National Pork Producers Council President Jim Heimerl called the language “encouraging,” adding that: “With a vaccine bank, we’ll finally be able to adequately …

Mexico Calling for Flexibility in NAFTA Talks

Mexico is calling for flexibility in the North American Free Trade Agreement talks. A trade official from Mexico said Monday that the only way the countries renegotiating NAFTA will find a solution is through “sufficient flexibility” to narrow differences. Further, the official says Mexican and Canadian negotiators will be “engaging strongly” in July to reach an agreement that is “feasible, …

FMD Language In Senate Agriculture Panel’s Farm Bill

The National Pork Producers Council was encouraged that the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry included in its 2018 Farm Bill — the text was released today (June 8, 2018) — language establishing a vaccine bank to deal with an outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD). FMD is an infectious viral disease that affects cloven-hooved animals, including cattle, pigs and …

NCBA Attends World Meat Congress

The World Meat Congress occurs once every two years, and for the first time in 25 years, the congress took place in the United States. Marty Smith, vice president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), was happy to attend this one-of-a-kind event. The event is sponsored by the International Meat Secretariat. Smith, a rancher and attorney from Wacahoota, Florida, says this …

Checks Going Out to Many MPP Dairy Producers

We told you earlier this week that the deadline for producers to sign up for USDA’s Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) was extended to this Friday, June 8th. And even with the signup still underway, Gary Crawford reports many dairy producers who already enrolled in program are getting checks. Checks Going Out to Many MPP Dairy Producers Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester …