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And now classic comedian WC Fields on the subject of snakes. “All my best friends are snakes, yeah, particularly rattlesnakes. I’ll never forget the time I found a rattlesnake imprisoned under a rock. So I freed him, and with a great look in his eyes, he followed me whole. And just before the little gold […]

The United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2024, was 74.5 million head. That number is up one percent from June 1, 2023, and up slightly from March 1, 2024. The breeding inventory, at 6.01 million head, was three percent lower than last year and slightly lower than the previous quarter. […]

“Obviously all of us are interested in getting a farm bill done.” But Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters the other day he doesn’t think it will get done until… “…such time as all parties are looking at it from a practical point of view.” Vilsack said the House version promises all kinds of programs […]

The first hurricane of 2024 to make landfall on the US mainland, Beryl brought with it the usual impacts associated with such tropical systems as it reached the Central Texas Gulf Coast, impacts such as storm surge. “With some four to five foot storm surge totals occurring in that landfall area, northeastwards to at least […]

The latest Drought Monitor map reflects what every South Carolina farmer already knows: We’re in a drought. Here to talk about it is Commissioner Hugh Weathers. The latest US Drought Monitor map, released July 3, has 71% of the state in the Moderate Drought category. Just two weeks earlier, only a small fraction of the […]

Orders are now being accepted for native and genetically improved tree varieties through the annual N.C. Forest Service’s Seedling Sale. Interested landowners are encouraged to shop early for the best availability.

For the first time in over a decade, an international crowd gathered in Wisconsin last week to celebrate the Brown Swiss cattle breed. Josh Hushon is the assistant chair of the National Brown Swiss Convention and past president of the Wisconsin Brown Swiss Association. He says Wisconsin is the Brown Swiss Capital of the U.S. […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. We went home friday feeling pretty good about corn and beans. We managed to hold the support levels from report day and eked out a positive close heading into the weekend. Unfortunately it did not take long on […]

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) announces sending a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, calling for the immediate designation of all 19 counties in North Carolina’s First Congressional District as disaster areas due to the severe drought conditions affecting the region. “The situation has worsened since my public call last week […]

The USDA held a 49-day Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing and listened to hundreds of hours of testimony, which resulted in reform proposals released last week. Roger Cryan, chief economist with the American Farm Bureau, says the changes have some positives. “It increases the value returned to farmers for bottling milk through increases in the […]