With football season underway, tailgating events are taking place each and every weekend at various games. And in this week’s Florida beef checkoff report, Ashley Hughes with the Florida Beef Council hopes beef is a part of your plans wherever you are watching the game. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch …
Farm Equipment Sales Mixed in 2016
Retail sales of tractors under 40 horsepower and between 40-100 horsepower rebounded in August. However, sales of larger tractors and combines continued their double-digit declines in the newest data available from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). U.S. retail sales for two-wheel drive tractors under 40 horsepower gained 21 percent in August, and are 11 percent higher on the Sponsored …
NCBA Takes Stand Against HSUS Attempt to Weaken Beef Checkoff
From the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association: WASHINGTON (Sept. 16, 2016) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association was recently notified that Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) attorneys have filed a lawsuit against USDA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) on behalf of the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM). This lawsuit seeks to divide the beef industry against itself by opening …
Ag in Review for the Week Ending September 16, 2016
In this week’s recap of agricultural news from around the Southeast, we look at the announcement of a big merger, talk about concerns with the U.S. importing beef from Brazil, a new record for peanut exports, a new record for soybeans yields, growing a corn crop Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, …
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the Alabama and Georgia cattle market reports for the week ending September 16th, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for both states. AL: Download Audio GA: Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle …
USDA Designates 2 More Counties in Georgia as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
From the U.S. Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, Sep. 16, 2016 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Lincoln and Wilkes counties in Georgia as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by a recent drought. Farmers and ranchers in Columbia, Elbert, McDuffie, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and Warren counties in Georgia also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their …
UF/IFAS-led Team Finds Faster, Better Way to Detect Salmonella in Meat, Chicken
From the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences By: Brad Buck GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A team of scientists led by University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers has found a faster and more precise way to detect salmonella in beef and chicken, a finding that could help prevent major illnesses. Salmonella is the lauding …
TPP Biggest Priority During Pork Producers Fly-In
The National Pork Producers Council held its annual fly-in this week in Washington D.C., and the Trans-Pacific Partnership was at the top of their conversations with their senators and representatives. Over 130 producers from 20 states pressed their congressional lawmakers to push for a vote on TPP this year. They also want funding for a Foot-and-Mouth Vaccine Bank included in …
Beef Production up Five Percent in 2016
The beef cow herd and beef production continues to increase. Ag Web Dot Com said with three-quarters of 2016 done, beef production is up five percent over last year, and will continue to post monthly gains for the rest of this year and into 2017. Not only are the numbers of cattle growing, but they’re getting bigger as well. Weight …
Chicken or the Egg?
Everett Griner talks about the problems facing egg producers in today’s Agri View. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026