It was a story of TOO MUCH of a good thing in certain areas as Tropical Storm Idalia passed through the Carolinas last week. SFN’s Mike Davis gets the details from climatologist Corey Davis. We needed the rain but maybe not so much in certain areas. What happened? Yeah, Mike, we talked last week about […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Grain markets were closed Monday for the Labor Day holiday so all weekly reports were delayed by a day this week. We continue to see low volume range bound trade as the market watches the finish to the […]

Hearings on the Federal Milk Marketing Order which began last month are expected to continue through the end of this month. Dr. Roger Cryan, chief economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation, says his organization is heavily involved in the process. “This is the first hearing where AFBF has really taken a leading role on […]

If you are a farmer or forest land owner and you feel that USDA had discriminated against you in its foreign programs, and that the discrimination happened before January 1 of 2021, you may be eligible for financial assistance through a program called Section 22007. A USDA program created last year by the inflation Reduction […]

Residents of East Palestine, Ohio impacted by a train derailment get DNA testing, rural communities have a second chance for wildfire protection money, and North Carolina’s “Road to Nowhere” is popular with curious tourists.

The first thing that comes to mind when you think of pollinator habitat is a flower bed, fruit or tree orchard. A quarter wheat field wildflowers along the side of the road of flowering Bush a lot of turf grass. There are some turf seeds that produce seed heads where dispersal or movement either through […]

If your South Carolina business buys South Carolina agricultural products, you’ll want to listen to this. The deadline for this tax credit is fast approaching. South Carolina provides a possible income tax credit or withholding tax credit to agribusiness or agricultural packaging operations that increase their purchases of products grown in South Carolina. Here’s how […]

Ten projects focused on supporting specialty crop producers recently received funding through the specialty cropblock grant program funded by USDA. More than $1.25 million was awarded. Specialty crops represent tremendous opportunities for North Carolina farmers, and we have seen production increase for specialty crops and interest in growing them increase.

A major private sector field crops tour across Ontario has wrapped up its eighth-annual yield assessment for the corn and soybean crops. The tour started in eastern Ontario near the Quebec border on August 14th and wrapped up on August 25 in southwestern Ontario at the Michigan border. Farms.com has released its yield estimates for […]

With misinformation being spread recently questioning the safety and quality of beef products sold in the United States, Marination and Cured Meats Product Manager at JBT FoodTech David Hayden explains the facts, and why it is safe to buy beef at the grocery store and directly from a farmer and rancher. Hayden first talks about […]