The National Pork Board is asking pork producers across the country to help shape the future of the U.S. pork industry, as are trying to find new solutions to the economic, social and scientific challenges facing the industry. To learn more click on www.pork.org
FL Moving New Beef Cuts
While the beef checkoff plays a big part in allowing researchers to spend time in evaluating various muscles from both the chuck and round to develop more cuts, University of Florida’s Dr. Dwain Johnson explains what happens once those new cuts are developed.
Retail Beef Prices are Rising
Due to lower cattle numbers, USDA Livestock Analyst Shayle Shagam says retail beef prices are rising.
9th Annual CARES Dinner
Florida Farm Bureau will hold it’s ninth annual CARES Dinner where they will recognize 26 farmers and ranchers from the Suwannee and Santa Fe River basins for their superior natural resource stewardship.
GA Beef Month Continues
June Beef Month still has a few days left to it and Georgia Beef Board’s Ashley Hughes wants to remind local cattlemen’s chapters that it’s not too late to promote it.
AL Ready for AJCA Roundup
Registration for the 2009 Alabama Junior Cattlemen’s Association Roundup is just a liitle over a week away, as Alabama Cattlemen’s Association’s Reid Blossom said juniors need to register by Friday, July 3rd. To learn more about the annual AJCA Roundup, go to bamabeef.org
FBC Partnering for Summer Promotions
George Kempfer, Chairman of the Florida Beef Council, says they have worked hard to partner with retailers to help make what dollars they do have stretch and an example of that are a couple of upcoming promotions.
FL Listening Session Saturday in Jasper
For Southeast producers, USDA will hold another listening session on the National Animal Identification System this Saturday, June 27th in Jasper, Florida. Again, the listening session will be held at the Hamilton County Extension Office, 1143 U.S. Highway 41 in Jasper, Florida from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., with registration beginning at 8:00am. To learn more about this or other sessions, go …
GCA Waiting on Animal ID Direction
Listening sessions concerning the National Animal Identification System have been taking place across the country the past few weeks, with another one of those taking place this Saturday in North Florida. Jim Collins with the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association knows USDA and Secretary Vilsack are working to gather as much information about a system from those in the industry.
FL Restricts Animal Imports due to Disease
The state of Florida has announced restrictions on the importation of animals from states affected with vesicular stomatitis following a confirmed case in Texas, as State Veterinarian Dr. Tom Holt says it’s a disease they don’t want in the state.