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 …
Florida Cattlemen Continue to Watch State Budget Talks
This week marked the halfway point of the 2017 Florida legislative session, which is scheduled to end May 5. Florida Cattlemen’s Association Director of Governmental Affairs, Sam Ard, says while lawmakers will only be meeting two days next week, the main topic of discussion will be the budget. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up …
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 …
Discussing Repeal of Estate Tax
A letter was sent to the House Ways and Means Committee by a coalition of more than 30 agriculture groups asking that any tax reform package include permanent repeal of the estate tax. I recently asked National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Colin Woodall if he felt we could actually end 2017 without this once again …
Canada Trade Policies Hurting Rural America
A number of U.S. dairy organizations are asking the Trump Administration to take steps against Canadian trade policies they’re calling “protectionist.” They say Canada is shutting the door on American dairy exports in violation of trade agreements between the two countries. The National Milk Producers Federation, the U.S. Dairy Export Council, and the International Dairy Foods Association want the president …
Georgia Beef Producer Appreciates Checkoff
In our weekly “Getting to know your beef checkoff” brought to you by your beef checkoff, Tyson Strickland from Athens, Georgia appreciates what the beef checkoff does. 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 …
Alabama Junior/Senior High School Cookoff is Saturday
The Alabama State Beef checkoff is proud to once again help support the annual Alabama Junior/Senior High School Cookoff. It will be held this Saturday, April 8 at Carver High School in Montgomery. Students will participate for various awards in both the junior and senior north and south division winners, and of course the overall best of beef distinction. More …
Lawmakers Asking Trump to Talk Beef with China’s President
A group of legislators are pressing the White House to raise the issue of U.S. beef trade with China when President Donald Trump meets with Chinese President Xi (she) Jinping (today) Thursday. A group of 39 Senators, including Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, have penned a letter to President Trump, asking him to raise the issue of U.S. beef …
March Dairy Market Report
In January, the average U.S. all-milk price reached its highest level since the final month of the 2013-2014 price spike. At $10.54 per hundredweight, the Margin Protection Program (MPP) margin for November–December was the highest in two years. Also in January, dairy exports continued to improve, representing 13 percent of milk solids production, the second highest-ever January percentage after January …
Canada’s Dairy Trade Actions Hurting Rural America
U.S. Dairy Groups Urge Federal and State Governments to Retaliate U.S. dairy organizations urged the Trump Administration to fight back against protectionist Canadian trade policies that are slamming the door to American dairy exports in violation of existing trade commitments between the two nations. The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the International Dairy …