Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
Rouzer, Valadao, Costa, Slotkin Launch Bipartisan Specialty Crops Caucus
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman David Rouzer (R-NC), Congressman David Valadao (R-CA), Congressman Jim Costa (D-CA), and Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) announced the laun...
Apr 15, 2024
Report: Brazil Could Expand Cropland by 35 Percent
Brazil is a major soybean, corn, and cotton grower but could expand its crop area by more than a third. Successful Farming says Brazil could do that by converting overgrazed or overgrown pastureland s...
Apr 15, 2024
South Carolina Program Offers Business Assistance for Agribusiness, Too
It’s no secret that farming is a business, and business people often need partners. Jim Johnson is a senior business consultant and agribusiness specialist with the South Carolina Small Business...
Apr 15, 2024
Credibility is Key with Climate Smart Commodities
Getting farmers to produce climate smart commodities means economic incentives are needed. The USDA has created the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities, investing over three billion dollars to ...
Apr 14, 2024
Credibility is Key with Climate Smart Commodities
Getting farmers to produce climate smart commodities means economic incentives are needed. The USDA has created the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities, investing over three billion dollars to ...
Apr 14, 2024
NCBA: Discontinued July Cattle Report Will Negatively Impact the Industry
The National Agricultural Statistics Service recently announced it will no long issue the July Cattle Report. The agency is also discontinuing the county estimates for crops and livestock and the Cott...
Apr 14, 2024
NCBA: Discontinued July Cattle Report Will Negatively Impact the Industry
The National Agricultural Statistics Service recently announced it will no long issue the July Cattle Report. The agency is also discontinuing the county estimates for crops and livestock and the Cott...
Apr 14, 2024
Betting on a Wet April, and Other Weather Wagers
With the passage of sports betting as legal in the state of North Carolina, that has brought about some interesting prospects. I’m talking with Corey Davis, the Assistant State Climatologist fro...
Apr 12, 2024
Betting on a Wet April, and Other Weather Wagers
With the passage of sports betting as legal in the state of North Carolina, that has brought about some interesting prospects. I’m talking with Corey Davis, the Assistant State Climatologist fro...
Apr 12, 2024
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Friday April 12
This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.USDA released the April WASDE report yesterday, Thursday April 11th at noon. The...
Apr 12, 2024