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The Environmental Working Group hosted a press conference with different organizations opposed to raising farmer support in the next farm bill. Josh Sewell, senior policy analyst with Taxpayers for Common Sense, says there’s no need to boost farm subsidies. “I think this is especially true as the farm sector is not in crisis. The USDA […]

At 206.7 bushels an acre, that’s a good corn yield for most farms, but for one Georgia farmer, it’s a new soybean yield record. Alex Harrell of southern Georgia explains how he achieved the record. “A lot of planning and applications. Last year we had corn on this field, we harvested the corn off, and […]

There was a crisis in farm country, and it’s not in the field: It’s in the minds of many farmers, a stress crisis that has perhaps gone unchecked for a very long time. Dr. Robin Tutor Marcom is director of the North Carolina Agromedicine Institute. I caught up with her as she attended a conference […]

Republican Congressman David Rouzer from North Carolina’s Seventh District told Agri-Pulse he has a lot of producer-centric priorities heading into the Farm Bill writing process. Strengthening that safety net. And of course when we do our visits all around the country, our ag Farm Bill listening sessions, adjusting that reference price is seems to be […]

RALEIGH – Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler has officially recommended to Gov. Roy Cooper that agricultural transportation waivers be implemented for the movement of livestock and agricultural products, paving the way for farmers to work ahead of the impending approach of Potential Tropical Cyclone 16. The agricultural transportation waivers do not require Council of State concurrence […]

You may remember the news headlines are started about 1516 years ago headlines about millions of bee colonies dying off or in some cases the bees just disappearing with the nation’s beekeepers losing 30 to 50% of their colonies every year. There was a lot of buzz about it for a few years. You don’t […]

The USDA is announcing a second round of payments for dairy producers through the Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program. The agency is providing an additional $5 million to help dairy producers mitigate market volatility, higher input and transportation costs, and unstable feed supply and prices that have created unique hardships in the organic dairy industry. […]

National Pork Producers Council Past President Randy Spronk testified at a House subcommittee hearing on reforming the generalized system of preferences to safeguard American supply chains and combat China. The U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) provided duty-free treatment of goods exported to America from developing countries before expiring in 2020. “American pork producers support […]

Coming up Saturday morning is the official start of astronomical fall. Let’s get a report card right now of where we stand as we head out of summertime with climatologist Corey Davis from the State Climate Office of North Carolina. How are things looking right now as you take a look at the map? Really […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Harvest pressure continues to weigh on the corn and bean markets. Even if the crop ends up being smaller than USDA’s last estimates as I believe it will, harvest is still going to put some pressure on the […]