Cattle producers across the Southeast are encouraged to make plans to attend the 2017 Alabama Forage Conference. It will be held November 29 at Lakepoint State Park in Eufaula, Alabama. Dr. Kim Mullenix, Alabama extension animal scientist said, “Attendees will have the opportunity to see current forage research as well as demonstration projects. They also will learn ways to improve soil …
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia livestock market reports for the week ending September 1st, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions for the week ended September 1, 2017, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 13,100 head compared to 12,666 last week and 11,213 a year …
Helping Cattle Producers Affected by Hurricane Harvey
Harvey, as both a hurricane and a tropical storm, has and continues to wreak havoc in many areas of the South. Rain bands, some heavy, are reaching out to parts of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, but some of the heaviest have of course been in Texas and Louisiana. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Colin …
Cattle on Feed Up 4 Percent
USDA released its August Cattle on Feed report last Friday afternoon, and as of August 1, the number of cattle and calves on feed for the U.S. slaughter market was 10.6 million head, 4 percent above August 1, 2016. But according to a story from Gary Crawford, the report had a small surprise for some market analysts when it came …
Cattle Loss Limited from Montana Wildfires
Montana has lost almost a half million acres of land thanks to wildfires. More than half of that acreage total came from just one fire. The Montana Stockgrowers Association tells Drovers Cattle Network Dot Com that cattle losses from the fires have been limited. 29 fires are currently active in Montana, with the bulk of them burning in the western …
Beef Cattle Conference is Saturday
Cow-calf producers are being reminded the 2017 Beef Cattle Conference will be held this Saturday, August 12, at the Ham Wilson Livestock Arena in Auburn. The theme of this year’s event is “Back to the basics: Pursuing a winning season.” The conference will equip cattlemen and cattlewomen with the knowledge and management tools to better their operations in the most …
Great Florida Cattle Drive ’21
The Great Florida Cattle Drive is known as a project that celebrates Florida’s rich history as a cattle state. The last cattle drive took place in January of 2016, and while they are normally held every 10 years, Chairman Doyle Conner Jr. says the next one will be in 2021. More shots from the Great Florida Cattle Drive 2016. “The …
NCBA CEO Testifies on Capitol Hill: “Please Do No Harm!”
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) CEO Kendal Frazier testified on Capitol Hill in support of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and warned Congress against using the treaty’s renegotiation to resurrect failed policies like mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL). “Quite frankly, it is difficult to improve upon duty-free, unlimited access to Canada and Mexico, and we are pleased to see …
Agri View: Mad Cow Disease Cost
Everett Griner talks about how much mad cow disease cost producers in today’s Agri View. Now, if I said Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, you probably wouldn’t know what I was talking about. So, I will just say Mad Cow Disease. Now, I know, but a very few people were aware how it his American agriculture right in the …
U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 4 Percent
USDA has released its monthly cattle on feed report, and as of July 1, the number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States was 4 percent above July 1, 2016. USDA livestock analyst Shale Shagam has the numbers. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: …