Category Archives: Top Agriculture News

WAFLA: H-2A Rule is ‘Government Overreach’
The Worker and Farmer Labor Association, along with several agricultural groups, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Labor to protect farmers from recently issued H-2A regulations.WAFLA CEO...
Curtis Media Oct 28, 2024

Apple, Pumpkin Harvest Suffering After Helene
The farmers impacted by Hurricane Helene continue to display their resiliency, and some of them made it to the North Carolina State Fair last week. Trey Enloe of Bright Branch Farms in Hendersonville ...
Curtis Media Oct 28, 2024

Canadian Hogs Migrating South
Canada exports more than 70 percent of its live hogs, and Ontario is Canada's largest producer of market-weight hogs, with the majority transported to the U.S. for processing. In late 2023, Olymel, on...
Curtis Media Oct 27, 2024

Specialty Crop Funding Will Help South Carolina Farmers
COLUMBIA - In August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $603,000 in funding awarded to South Carolina through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. Through this program, the South Carolin...
Curtis Media Oct 25, 2024
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Friday October 25
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.Monsoon season in Brazil has now started in earnest with virtually all the m...
Curtis Media Oct 25, 2024
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Friday October 25
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.Monsoon season in Brazil has now started in earnest with virtually all the m...
Curtis Media Oct 25, 2024

Drought Starting to Reappear in Carolinas
Dry conditions continue across the Carolinas, and now it is starting to show up on the Drought Monitor. To get details, I am talking with Corey Davis from the state climate office of North Carolina. W...
Curtis Media Oct 24, 2024

Drought Starting to Reappear in Carolinas
Dry conditions continue across the Carolinas, and now it is starting to show up on the Drought Monitor. To get details, I am talking with Corey Davis from the state climate office of North Carolina. W...
Curtis Media Oct 24, 2024

Late Soybean Planting in South America Causes Concern for Corn
Soybean planting is off to a slow start in parts of South America, and that could impact multiple crops. Dr. Michael Cordonnier, the president of Soybean and Corn Advisor, says the central part of Bra...
Curtis Media Oct 24, 2024

Farmland Market Action Slowing Late in 2024
The farmland market appears to be slowing as the calendar gets closer to the end of 2024. Tim Cobb of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers says things had been steady for most of...
Curtis Media Oct 23, 2024
