FFB Encouraging Producers to Sign Numeric Nutrient Criteria Petition

Randall Weiseman Beef, Cattle, Citrus, Corn, Cotton, Dairy, Energy, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, General, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Peanuts, Poultry, Soybeans, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Vegetables

ISSUE: The EPA’s Numeric Nutrient Criteria regulations are expected to cost Floridians billions of dollars and we need the White House to intervene. The Obama Administration has said that it will review petitions that attract enough support and ensure it is sent to the appropriate policy experts and issued an official response. IMPACT: In order to gain the White House’s …

The Debate Continues on Feed Availability

Randall Weiseman Cattle, Dairy, Livestock, Pork, Poultry

Various groups had comments concerning this week’s House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry hearing on the issue of feed availability and its effect on the livestock and poultry industries. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Ag Research

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Citrus, Corn, Cotton, Dairy, Equine, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, General, Georgia, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Peanuts, Pork, Poultry, Soybeans, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Vegetables

In the time of budget cuts, Everett Griner tells us about the cuts being faced in agriculture research. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Strong Meat Exports Continue

Randall Weiseman Beef, Cattle, Livestock, Pork

According to the latest numbers, U.S. beef and pork exports are both still on pace to set new export value records in 2011. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

FFB Keeping a Close Eye on Issues on the State and Federal Level

Randall Weiseman Field Crops, Florida, Livestock, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

Florida Farm Bureau Assistant Director of Ag Policy, Andrew Walmsley, says they have been keeping a close eye on a multitude of issues here in the state as well as in Washington D.C. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Livestock and Poultry Subcommittee Listens to Concerns about Feed Availability

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Dairy, Florida, General, Georgia, Livestock, Pork, Poultry

WASHINGTON (Sept. 14, 2011) – The House Committee on Agriculture’s Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry heard firsthand the challenges the livestock and poultry industries face today and expect to face in the coming years because of tight feed grain supplies. The hearing came on the heels of a U.S. Department of Agriculture World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report …

RFA Responds to Tight Feed Supplies Being Blamed on Ethanol

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Corn, Dairy, Energy, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia, Livestock, Pork, Poultry

While the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry considers the concerns of livestock and poultry producers about feed availability and their claims that ethanol is to blame, Matt Hartwig with the Renewable Fuels Association says the ethanol industry will produce almost 40 million metric tons of livestock feed this year in the form of distillers grains, which is …

AL Producer says Beef Checkoff is a Plus

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Dairy, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

In our series, “Getting to know your beef checkoff” brought to you by the beef checkoff, Randy Moody from Huntsville, Alabama said while many producers think of the beef checkoff’s effort in promotions and advertising, there are other aspects of it which are just as important. Download Audio To learn more about your beef checkoff go to mybeefcheckoff.com. Sponsored ContentCIR …

Statement from NPPC on GAO’s Report on Antibiotic Resistance

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Florida, General, Georgia, Livestock, Pork

Here a statement from NPPC President Doug Wolf on GAO’s Report on Antibiotic Resistance: “Not only is there no scientific study linking antibiotic use in food animals to antibiotic resistance in humans, as the U.S. pork industry has continually pointed out, but there isn’t even adequate data to conduct a study. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers …