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A key update from our friends in the pork industry on preparedness for and prevention of African Swine Fever. In order to fully appreciate and evaluate where we currently stand, we have to know where we’ve been and we get that perspective from Doctor Paul Sundberg, the retiring Director of the Swine Health Information Center. […]

The USDA’s Economic Research Service released its 2023 Farm Income Report, which showed a significant drop in income compared to last year. Carrie Litowski, senior economist with the ERS, says the 2023 numbers are lower than the record high last year. “In 2022, net cash farm income increased 25 percent, or $42 billion, from 2021, […]

The court says this summer’s biofuel exemption denials were not legal. That sort of thing was expected but we were worried about it. That’s Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Executive director Monte Shaw. He says the previous administration allowed exemptions but then this last summer… When the Biden administration came in and they basically looked at […]

While harvest is behind us in rural America, spring planting is ahead in 2024. Diesel fuel supplies have been tight for farmers. Erin Wroge, Refined Fuels Project Manager for the Alcivia Cooperative, a division of CHS in Wisconsin, says it looks like supplies are going to remain shorter than farmers would like. “As we’ve experienced […]

It was too early to tell last week when we talked with climatologist Corey Davis how much improvement we would see to the drought conditions across North and South Carolina from the rains we got. He’s got a better look at it now. And that’s what I’m going to ask you first, Corey. Some pretty […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Corn and wheat were finally able to build some momentum on Thursday. December corn finally broke its streak of 5 lower closes in a row closing up 12 cents. Corn got a big boost from export sales that […]

Congress has iced the Farm Bill, but farmer advocates argue some portions are urgent; the Hoosier State is reaping big rewards from wind and solar; and opponents react to a road through Alaska’s Brooks Range, long a dream destination for hunters and anglers.

As the seasons shift, and it certainly feels like they’re shifting ensuring optimal ventilation becomes a crucial consideration for farmers in maintaining healthy livestock during the winter, livestock controlled environments extension specialist with the University of Wisconsin Nesli Akdeniz says ventilation in winter isn’t just about keeping animals warm. It’s about safeguarding their health. And […]

Hearings to modernize Federal Milk Marketing Orders have resumed with a lot of work ahead. Roger Cryan, chief economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation, talks about where the hearings are at in the schedule. “What’s happening right now is USDA has resumed the hearing that broke in mid-October that went on for eight weeks […]

The U.S. cattle herd is the smallest it’s been in a long time. Lance Zimmerman, senior beef and cattle market analyst for Rabobank, says producers are still contracting their herd sizes. “Yeah, we are. 2023 will be the fourth year of cowherd contraction. By the time we get our January 1 cattle inventory report, I’d […]