Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
Dry Weather Leading to Ahead-of-Schedule Planting
Corey Davis, Assistant State Climatologist for North Carolina, joins me now. And Corey, a few weeks ago you placed some bets, which is legal in North Carolina now. You made some predictions about the ...
Apr 26, 2024
HPAI Update in Dairy from the FDA and USDA
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza found in dairy cattle was a surprise for producers and there’s still many unknowns right now with under a month’s worth of information.So far, there’...
Apr 25, 2024
HPAI Update in Dairy from the FDA and USDA
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza found in dairy cattle was a surprise for producers and there’s still many unknowns right now with under a month’s worth of information.So far, there’...
Apr 25, 2024
The Yonder Report
The urban-rural death divide is widening for working-age Americans, many home internet connections established for rural students during COVID have been broken, and a new federal rule aims to put the ...
Apr 25, 2024
The Yonder Report
The urban-rural death divide is widening for working-age Americans, many home internet connections established for rural students during COVID have been broken, and a new federal rule aims to put the ...
Apr 25, 2024
USDA Requires H5N1 Testing for Interstate Movement of Dairy Cattle
The u.s. Department of Agriculture Wednesday mandated testing for H5N1 of dairy cattle that cross state lines. The move is to protect the U.S. livestock industry from the threat of avian influenza. Be...
Apr 25, 2024
USDA Requires H5N1 Testing for Interstate Movement of Dairy Cattle
The u.s. Department of Agriculture Wednesday mandated testing for H5N1 of dairy cattle that cross state lines. The move is to protect the U.S. livestock industry from the threat of avian influenza. Be...
Apr 25, 2024
Dairy Industry Contributes to USDA’s Updated School Meal Standards
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new steps to strengthen child nutrition through new school meal standards. Nutrition standards for school meals will gradually be updated to include less sugar and...
Apr 25, 2024
March Meat Monitor Shows Some Good News
Every month, Dr. Glynn Tonsor, a livestock market economist with Kansas State University, releases a Meat Demand Monitor. Tonsor says the latest data from March shows some good news."The good news for...
Apr 21, 2024
A Mid-Spring Weather Checkup
We are near the midpoint of climatological spring. I’m Mike Davis, and I’m talking with climatologist Corey Davis about this. Corey, it seems like we’ve been in spring for quite a wh...
Apr 19, 2024