U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack reminds livestock producers they have until December 9th to make comments on USDA’s proposed rule for animal disease traceability. Download Audio To make a comment go to http://www.regulations.gov/. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst …
FL NRCS Working to Establish Ecological Site Descriptions
The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida is working to establish Ecological Site Descriptions and FL NRCS resource conservationist Greg Hendricks explains why the ESD’s could prove to be a valuable conservation tool for producers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Animal Welfare
Modern farming has become very protective for animals. Everett Griner tells us how. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025
Dust Bill Heads to House Floor with Bipartisan Support
NCBA Commends Committee Support of Farm Dust Bill: WASHINGTON (Nov. 30, 2011) – The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce today, Nov. 30, 2011, voted in support of H.R. 1633, the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011. The legislation passed (33-16) through the full committee with bipartisan support and will head to the full House of …
COOL Deemed Illegal by WTO
The World Trade Organization judges have agreed with Canada and Mexico saying that U.S. country-of-origin labeling provisions violate global trade rules and unjustly harm agricultural commerce. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025
Net Farm Income Up 28 Percent
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack is pleased with USDA’s latest Farm income forecast numbers for 2011 that are projecting for both farm income and net cash income to exceed $100 billion for the first time. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Young People Spreading Nutritional Info of Beef
In this week’s “Getting to know your beef checkoff”, brought to you by the beef checkoff, a recent participant in the junior division of the National Beef Ambassador competition, Anna Conrad from Dover, Florida, told me her duties of being a junior representative is to talk with others her age about the benefits of beef and make sure they understand …
GA Beef Board Stretching Checkoff Dollars
Josh White, Executive Vice President of the Georgia Beef Board, said they work to get partnerships to help stretch every beef checkoff dollar that comes in as this is necessary with the fewer dollars they have to work with due to decreasing cattle numbers in the state. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober …
Florida Beef Council Thanks Producers
The fact we are seeing lower cattle numbers across Florida has affected the amount of beef checkoff dollars coming in and that’s why Florida Beef Council’s Ashley Hughes wants to thank producers who are paying in to keep the programs working for the beef industry in the state. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research …
Producers can Still Register for Alabama Forage and Grassland Conference
The 2011 Alabama Forage and Grassland Conference will be held this Thursday, December 1, 2011. And Eddie Jolley, AL NRCS conservation agronomist, says for those who did not preregister, on-site registration is available. Download Audio For more information contact Jolley at 334-887-4564 or Kent Stanford at 256-557-1206 or go to www.al.nrcs.usda.gov. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term …