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The New World screwworm is on the radar of U.S. agricultural officials as well as livestock producers across the country. Bernt Nelson, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the screwworm is a particularly nasty pest. “This thing is endemic to Central and South America. Adult screwworm flies lay eggs on a wound […]

Did you know there’s a wagyu beef producer in the Carolinas? Jaclyn Smith is a Jaclyn of all trades, as she and her husband move in the construction space in Clayton, North Carolina. But in 2020 they met a new love. “Our kids came home from school, and we were home from work for a […]

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will roll back limits on several types of what are known as forever chemicals in drinking water. The agency, however, will keep limits on the two most common types, called PFOA and PFOS, although it will offer a two-year deadline extension for utilities to comply. PFAS are a group of chemicals that have been around for decades and are incredibly useful in household products, but that resilience also makes them hazardous.

As planting continues across farm country, it’s a good time to evaluate our weather up to this point in the year. Meteorologist Brad Rippey with USDA provided farm broadcasters with an update. “We still see significant drought on the US landscape. More than a third of the country currently, 37% experiencing drought. According to US […]

The USDA released the May World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates Report this week. The May report always includes the first look at new crop corn and soybean supply and demand tables. Joe Jansen is an agricultural economist from the University of Illinois. Janzen talks about his broad takeaway from the WASDE and the new […]

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. On Monday we got more data and news than we were able to process in one day. The US Treasury Secretary met with a Chinese delegation in Switzerland over the weekend. What was expected was just the […]

As we prepare to host the Got to Be NC Festival May 16-18 at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, we are also celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Got to Be NC marketing program.   

We are pleased to report that the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure (RFSI) Program is rolling forward. The South Carolina Department of Agriculture partnered with USDA AMS to award $4.1 million for 26 projects The 26 projects consist of four infrastructure projects and 22 equipment projects Goal of these grants to build resilience along the middle […]

(Washington, D.C., May 11, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the suspension of live cattle, horse, and bison imports through U.S. ports of entry along the southern border due to the continued and rapid northward spread of New World Screwworm (NWS) in Mexico, effective immediately. NWS has been recently detected in […]

While we have a Waters of the United States Rule in place, there may still be questions about where it goes from here. Mary-Thomas Hart was at NAFB’s 2025 Washington Watch and said there’s been a rule in place since 2023. “We have a WOTUS rule in place. After a 2023 unanimous Supreme Court decision, […]