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New non-real estate farm lending activity at commercial banks continued to decline in the fourth quarter of 2023. The volume of new non-real estate farm loans in the final months of 2023 was about 15 percent less than the previous year. The number of new loans did increase from the previous year, but the average […]

The National Agricultural Statistics Service estimates Illinois soybean farmers raised a U.S.-leading 648.9 million bushels on 10.3 million acres. Compared to the previous year, total acreage and yield estimates were both four percent lower in Illinois. Average soybean yields remained the same in 2023 at 63 bushels an acre. “I’d like to congratulate my fellow […]

I’m talking with Assistant State Climatologist Corey Davis from the State Climate Office of North Carolina. And you know, it was just a few months ago, Corey, that you and I were talking about how dry it was and how much we really needed some rain. We don’t have to talk about that in North […]

The January WASDE report showed a record level of U.S. corn production in 2023. Mike Zuzolo, president of Global Commodity Analytics, says he expected the corn number to be higher than initially predicted. However, the boost in international corn production was surprising. “The global corn number was something that I was expecting to drop pretty […]

An interesting twist could see a solar energy project replace a former Kentucky strip mine; a rural Colorado community won a battle to keep its abortion center; and in that state’s skiing region, a new art show is highlighting rural queer voices.

As most every farmer knows, trade remains vital to US agriculture. Undersecretary of Agriculture Robert Bonnie, telling an audience the other day that his use of that word “vital” is probably an understatement because About 20% of all US agricultural production is exported to world markets. And that’s one reason the US Department of Agriculture […]

It’s the largest farm show in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, and it returns to the NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh Wednesday, January 31 through Friday, February 2, David Zimmerman is manager of the Southern Farm Show, another big show planned for this year, coming up at the end of January 1 to February. […]

The January WASDE report showed a surprising jump in corn and soybean production. Betty Resnick, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, talks about what the report revealed about supply and demand for agricultural commodities. “Corn yields were raised to a new US yield record at 177.3 bushels per acre, which is really remarkable […]

As the results are in from the National Corn Growers Association 2023 Corn Yield Contest, and once again Isaac Boerema of Pantego, NC is the North Carolina winner in the no-till no-irrigation category. Yeah, I think it’s typical black land, the mud-based soil, so we’ve got to we have some advantages in terms of the […]

Rural residents join Republicans, renters, women, and single people in feeling they’re in a funk financially according to the Axios Vibe survey by The Harris Poll. Inflation has dipped in recent months, but the subject remains top of mind for many Americans. Six in 10 survey respondents say they’re now “triggered” by trips to the […]