The December World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report was released this week, and we look at some of the highlights in the Livestock, Poultry and Dairy section. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, …
Odds on Getting a Farm Bill by Year’s End
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says despite best efforts by the farm bill conference committee, it is fairly obvious that a new farm bill will not be in place by year’s end. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …
FDA Publishes Guidance 213 and Proposed VFD Rule
The Food and Drug Administration has published the final Guidance 213 and proposed Veterinary Feed Directive rule. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For …
She’s the Boss
Everett Griner tells us about more and more females that are actually farming. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, …
Some Reactions to Proposed FDA Rules on Livestock Antibiotic Use
Gary Crawford has this report about reactions which are coming in rapidly after the Food and Drug Administration’s release of final proposals that would limit antibiotic use in livestock production. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production …
Producers Guiding the Beef Checkoff
Did you know producers themselves actually guide the beef checkoff? In this weeks “Getting to know your beef checkoff” brought to you by your beef checkoff, Terry Slaten from Cullman, Alabama talks about how producers decide how the dollars should be allocated each year. Download Audio To learn more about your beef checkoff go to mybeefcheckoff.com. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement …
NCC Statement on FDA Final Guidance #213 and Veterinary Feed Directive Proposal
From The National Chicken Council: WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 11, 2013 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today published its Final Guidance 213 and proposed Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) rule. FDA’s Guidance 213 implements a plan to phase out over a three year period the subtherapeutic use of medically important antibiotics in food producing animals. The proposed VFD …
House to File for Short-Term Farm Bill Extension; Senate Will Not Support
House Ag Chair Frank Lucas stated last night that he will file legislation to extend the current farm bill through January this week to allow the farm bill conferees to finish their work without the threat of permanent law implementation. Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow has said that they will not support any extension of the 2008 Farm Bill. …
Special Crops
Today Everett Griner tells us how more and more producers are concentrating on just one crop. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future …
Putnam: ‘Congressional Inertia’ on Farm Bill Puts Food Supply at Risk
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, a former high-ranking Republican member of the U.S. House, is calling on Congress to approve a farm bill that has been delayed for months. “Despite the critical importance of agriculture to Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance …