Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
Rouzer Encourages Appropriations Leaders to Stabilize Labor Wages for Farm Families
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) joined 119 of his colleagues on a bipartisan letter encouraging House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education...
May 22, 2024
Ag Groups React Positively to House Farm Bill Ahead of Markup
Some of America's leading agricultural organizations are reacting to the House version of the farm bill put forth by Ag Committee Chair GT Thompson ahead of markup on Thursday. American Soybean Associ...
May 22, 2024
NCDA and CS Urges Lookout for Yellow-Legged Hornet
The yellow-legged hornet is an invasive species that has been found in Georgia and the southern part of South Carolina but has not been found in North Carolina. The NCDA&CS' Plant Industry Divisio...
May 21, 2024
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday May 21
This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.Monday saw wheat trade sharply higher closing up 37 cents gaining back much of w...
May 21, 2024
New Cut Flower Co-op in SC
Here to tell us about it is Eva Moore, the communications director for the South Carolina Department of Agriculture.I'm filling in for Commissioner Weathers this week as he is overseas on agriculture-...
May 20, 2024
NC businesses see benefits of ‘ESG’
Businesses large and small are doubling down on their commitment to more sustainable practices, even as lawmakers in North Carolina and other states voice their opposition to Environmental, Social and...
May 19, 2024
NC businesses see benefits of ‘ESG’
Businesses large and small are doubling down on their commitment to more sustainable practices, even as lawmakers in North Carolina and other states voice their opposition to Environmental, Social and...
May 19, 2024
Outlook for Summer Rain is Good in Carolinas
North Carolina assistant state climatologist Corey Davis, we certainly made up for some deficits last week in the Carolinas with those rain systems that came through. But with that dryness in April, I...
May 17, 2024
Group Takes Steps to Protect NC Farm Workers from Heat Stress
Farmworkers in North Carolina and across the U.S. face scorching heat with little protection at the federal and state level. However, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee is taking steps to enhance wor...
May 16, 2024
2024’s First Quarter Pork Exports are ‘Phenomenal’
U.S. Meat Export Federation says March exports of U.S. pork were steady with last year's volume but were slightly higher in value, according to data released by USDA. Kelli Wicks, manager of market gr...
May 14, 2024