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COLUMBIA, S.C. – Across South Carolina, U-pick strawberry farms are preparing to welcome visitors onto their farms to fill their buckets with sweet, sun-ripe, bright red strawberries. Strawberries are among the earliest widely available spring crops in our state. Many strawberry farms are already open for U-pick activities, while others plan to open in the next […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Markets are trading with a noticeably lower volume as we wait for the biggest report so far in 2024. The USDA Prospective Planting and Quarterly Stocks Report that comes out this Thursday at noon followed by no trade […]

SFN’s Mike Davis caught up with SC Ag Commissioner at last Thursday’s Certified SC Showcase event in Columbia. == Commissioner, it’s been a busy week in the Columbia area. Well, you’re right. It’s National Agricultural week. Well, you certainly taken advantage of it. A lot, a lot of fun. Today (Thursday, March 21), the third […]

The USDA’s Economic Research Service reported that the number of U.S. wheat farms has dropped substantially over time. Ryan Hanrahan, Farmdoc social media manager and farm policy news editor at the University of Illinois took a look at the numbers in the March Wheat Outlook Report. “They put together a feature article as they do […]

Canada’s red meat livestock sector says it will be watching developments closely, following the USDA’s announcement of new Product of U.S. labeling rules coming into effect at the beginning of 2026. Those rules, which say beef and pork products derived from animals that have been exclusively born, raised, slaughtered, and processed on American soil would […]

Hard cash for small farmers and ranchers should result from a labeling change on meat and poultry products; pandemic-related rural job loss bounced back, but progress has stalled; and rural housing is scarce for younger generations as older homeowners stay put.

After months of work by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the USDA, Columbia reopened its market to U.S. poultry and egg producers. The Colombian government had stopped issuing import permits for U.S. poultry on August 7, 2023. The government cited concerns over the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. The restored market […]

A multi-state coalition of biofuel and farm advocates asked the Treasury Department to swiftly resolve any questions standing in the way of scaling up U.S. production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Biofuel supporters urged the administration to quickly adopt the U.S. Department of Energy’s GREET model for calculating SAF tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act. […]

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (March 22, 2024) — In a joint collaboration emphasizing communitysupport and sustainable agriculture, the Deltapine® Field to Closet initiative and Covered in Cottondonated 200 blankets to the CHRISTUS Children’s hospital in San Antonio. The donation tookplace on Wednesday and highlights the organizations’ shared dedication to using their resourcesand networks to support communities […]

The State Climate Office of North Carolina has posted their winter recap blog just a few days ago and to give us some more in depth views of what this winter has been like the winter that is now in our rearview mirror. I am talking with Corey Davis, Assistant State Climatologist for North Carolina, […]