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This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. This market has a way of making everyone feel foolish. After Monday’s blistering trade to new highs in soybeans, I wrote that I was surprised to see such a huge reaction to a few cargoes of soybeans. […]

It seems like only yesterday that we were starting the month of November, and now we are one week away from Thanksgiving. It gives us a chance to look at the progress report here out in the Carolinas. As far as temperature and the Drought Monitor, we’ve got state assistant climatologist Corey Davis here. Corey, […]

The Swine Health Information Center’s Wean-to-Finish Biosecurity Initiative focuses on strengthening biosecurity practices from weaning through marketing. Dr. Lisa Becton, SHIC (Shick) associate director, stated that the effort is a collaborative partnership among the National Pork Board, the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, and SHIC — all working together to help producers reduce disease […]

Anticipation derived from USDA’s first set of crop production and commodity supply and demand estimates since September. The November edition revealed findings that were not necessarily a surprise, as Patrick Boyle, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, reported for this year’s core crop: “A record high. 186 bushels per acre is down four-tenths of a percent, […]

RALEIGH – A turkey breeding operation in Wayne County has tested positive for High Path Avian Influenza. The positive sample was first identified by the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Veterinary Diagnostic Lab in Raleigh.  This is the first case of high path avian influenza in commercial poultry in North Carolina since January 2025. […]

Dr. William Wilson, a distinguished professor in the Agribusiness and Applied Economics Department at North Dakota State University, recently undertook a study of the global grain trade. The international grain trading industry has undergone significant and rapid changes during the last 50 years. He said the study took a fresh look at the competitiveness of […]

Recent comments from the Trump administration about the beef industry and its goal to lower consumer beef prices have had a major impact on the cattle markets. R-CALF United Stock Growers of America CEO Bill Bullard explains the market’s reaction. “What that indicated to us, what was a clear indication, was that the marketplace is […]

“We are just a couple of weeks away from the official end of the Atlantic hurricane season,” — Nov. 30, to be exact, according to USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey. Usually, those final weeks of the hurricane season are quiet. On occasion, a late November system turns into a tropical storm. It may come as a […]

Third quarter financials continue to reflect the bleak picture in farm country this year. Joe Mahon, Regional Outreach Director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, said their third quarter survey of agricultural bankers in the Fed’s Ninth District show cash flow is down. “Lenders told us that farm incomes decreased relative to a year […]

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Friday’s catch-up USDA report did not offer a lot for the bulls. USDA did lower corn yield, but not nearly as much as the market was hoping. It dropped corn yield seven-tenths of a bushel to 186.0 […]