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The National Corn Growers Association joined five other commodity groups in sending a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on possible herbicide tariffs. The groups are asking the secretary to consider the impacts on farmers as she reviews a petition by ag chemical company Corteva that would place duties on imports of the herbicide 2,4-D. […]

Since the beginning of the year, the farmland market has not changed all that much. Doug Hensley, president of Hertz Real Estate Services, says that comes as farmers face low commodity prices, high interest rates and high input costs, causing producers to become more cautious and reluctant to buy capital, especially equipment. “To be frank, […]

It seems we only get one or two friendly USDA reports to talk about a year. The July was the report was one of them. However, it’s not as bullish as it might initially seem so expectations for the long term need to be tempered. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride tells SFN the corn numbers […]

The American Farm Bureau Federation is seeking applicants for the new Veteran Farmer Award of Excellence, sponsored by Farm Credit. Logan Yearsley, director of member engagement for Farm Bureau, talks about why the organization established this award. “We are wanting to elevate and celebrate those who have served our country and continue to do so […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. We got USDA’s July supply and demand report on Friday and it contained several big surprises for corn and for the first time in a while, the surprises were not bearish. The market expected USDA to incorporate the […]

Hit or miss rains spread across the Carolinas this past weekend. I’m talking with North Carolina Assistant Climatologist Corey Davis. At my house in Franklin County, we got four inches, and it was a good steady rain throughout most of the day on Saturday, which was a little more than we expected. What are you […]

The drought continues in South Carolina, and I understand there’ve been some new developments affecting farmers. You and I talked about drought last week, of course. But since then, South Carolina hit a few new milestones showing just how rapid and serious this drought is. The state Drought Committee met and moved the entire state […]

The Agronomic Services Division has hired three new regional agronomists to fill vacant positions. The agronomists work one-on-one with farmers to help troubleshoot crop issues, and provide agronomic advice to increase yields and improve efficiencies.

The massive $1.5 trillion Farm Bill would set policy and funding levels for key food agriculture and conservation programs for the next five years, but it remains stalled in Congress, now working on a one year extension from the 2018 Farm Bill. North Carolina Republican Senator Ted Budd tells SFN the bill contains a lot […]

Reasonably good news for most crop growing areas regarding drought coverage over the past month. That’s according to USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey, and that is despite an increase in overall drought coverage on July, 2, after a four year low was reached in mid-June, Rippey starts with 7% of the US corn crop drought, 9% […]