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With the flu season just around the corner, producers are taking extra steps to keep pigs and people healthy and doing so comes down to prevention. Dr. Heather Fowler, director of producer and public health for the National Pork Board, said producers can implant guidelines shared through the National Pork Board. “Pork Quality Assurance Plus […]

Farmland sales have remained strong through 2023 but typically slow during harvest season when farmers are busy elsewhere. But Paul Shadegg, senior vice president of real estate operations with Farmers National Company, says sales aren’t slowing as much as in the past year. “With those pressures of increased interest rates and the input costs operators […]

As Red Crown Rot begins showing up in soybean fields in parts of the Midwest and Kentucky, it can get mistaken for other diseases, including sudden death syndrome (SDS). Phil Krieg, an agronomic service representative with Syngenta, talks about what to watch out for. “Red Crown Rot is a relatively new disease that we’re seeing […]

Some more US crops and commodities are covered in drought, the summary of the end of September US Drought Monitor. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says that occurred throughout the previous month. Despite cooler temperatures in several parts of the country. We’ve seen a four percentage point increase in drought coverage across the lower 48 states […]

Defeat of the House USDA spending bill last week over farm and abortion issues leaves the bill’s future uncertain, amid continued political chaos in the chamber. The USDA-FDA bill’s defeat was yet another scar in a House plagued by continued political turmoil within and between the parties, even as a majority came together to avert […]

The controversial anti-checkoff amendment to the Ag Appropriations Bill failed before the full House last week. The amendment proposal was led by Representative Victoria Spartz (R-IN), who defended it on the House floor. “So if you want to force farmers to pay some money, I think part of what farmers need to know where the […]

The USDA released the September 1 Grain Stocks and Small Grains Summary Reports last week. Todd Hultman, grain market analyst for DTN, says the September 1 corn stocks were lower than expected. “The new total, September one corn stocks – and by the way, these are the ending stocks for the 2022 to 2023 season […]

Food Security is National Security. Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow opening up a special hearing the other day to explore how foreign ownership of us farmland and food related companies might be a threat to national security, and if so, what to do about it. It’s an interesting, controversial issue and we’ll hear more […]

from SCDA As the weather cools, farms across South Carolina are welcoming visitors onto their farms with a variety of fun and educational fall events. “Agritourism continues to grow in South Carolina, and fall is a perfect time for people to get out and experience it,” said Jackie Moore, agritourism marketing specialist at the South […]

The N.C. State Fair runs Oct. 12-22 and we have been busy preparing and getting the fairgrounds ready to welcome everyone to Raleigh. This year’s theme is Best.Day.EVER! and we want to make that so for fair visitors.