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African Swine Fever still poses a significant threat to the pork industry. It was a topic of conversation at last week’s World Pork Expo in Iowa, and leaders want to make sure the industry and its producers have the protections they need to prevent a foreign animal disease from taking hold. Dr. Anna Forseth is […]

The Assistant State Climatologist for North Carolina Corey Davis joining me now. And Corey, I understand that you’re getting some reports from farmers in the field that they’re starting to see some corn rolling. Now, for those who don’t understand what that means, that does not mean that corn cobs are falling off and they’re […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Corn and beans were long overdue for a bounce and finally showed some life on Thursday. Corn closed close to the highs finishing up 12 on the July and soybeans were up 22 cents finishing back at 12. […]

WESTFIELD, Ind. (June 6, 2024) – When wet weather slows planting, it’s easy for farmers to doubt the potential of their crops, says AgriGold Agronomist Josh Johnston. “I want them to take comfort knowing they can still grow really good corn and soybeans.” “If we lose yield by planting late, we can gain it back by […]

Let’s go back 135 years, May 31, 1889. Fourteen miles upstream from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the South Fork dam fails, sending 20 million tons of water crashing through Johnstown. “Twenty-two hundred people perished.” That’s James Demby. He’s the National Dam Safety Coordinator for the US Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, NRCS for short. He […]

For the second straight year, North Carolina’s agriculture and agribusiness industry has recorded strong growth, jumping to $111.1 billion in economic impact. Agriculture continues to power our state’s economy.    

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Soybeans opened the week Sunday night under additional selling pressure. Last week there were rumors of Chinese purchases that brought some buying into the soy complex that turned to selling after the purchases failed to materialize. Then the […]

Pesticide applicators would not have to get additional permits under one of the few farm bill amendments the House Ag committee recently approved. The amendment approved by voice vote would reverse 2009 and 2021 court decisions and restore decades of precedent in pesticide permitting. Amendment sponsor, North Carolina Republican David Rouzer: “Some pesticide applicators are […]

A group of undergraduate students studying agricultural economics took a trip to Brazil. Joanna Colussi is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Illinois and a Brazil native, and says she saw catastrophic flooding during a tour of Rio Grande do Sul. “It is a very sad situation in my home state, Rio Grande […]

Earlier in May, the USDA put out its first balance sheets looking at 2024-2025 supply and demand. Ben Brown is an agricultural economist with the University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute. Brown talks about the corn side of the balance sheets. “On the corn side, I think that as a producer of […]