Category Archives: Top Agriculture News

U.S. Trade Gap Hits $68 Billion
America’s trade deficit reached $68.9 billion in February, the highest disparity in almost a year. The Hill reports import values exceeded exports by more than analysts were expecting. The total...
Curtis Media Apr 08, 2024

Corn Marketing Challenges May Be Ahead
The March Grain Stocks Report from USDA showed a lot of old crop grain is in storage on farms across rural America. Joe Janzen, an agricultural economist with the University of Illinois, says farmers ...
Curtis Media Apr 08, 2024

Protecting Cattle From HPAI Infection
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has infected multiple dairy herds in several states. Chris Galen with the National Milk Producers Federation says the pasteurization process kills bugs like th...
Curtis Media Apr 08, 2024

AFT Presents ‘Palmetto 2040’ Results, Proposals
Farmland is an endangered species, and that’s especially the case in the Carolinas, a fact which brought together residents, stakeholders, ag and business leaders, and others into a pilot projec...
Curtis Media Apr 08, 2024

AFT Presents ‘Palmetto 2040’ Results, Proposals
Farmland is an endangered species, and that’s especially the case in the Carolinas, a fact which brought together residents, stakeholders, ag and business leaders, and others into a pilot projec...
Curtis Media Apr 08, 2024

Meyer: Hog Sales Have Potential Gains
After about three years of not growing litter sizes, the recent hogs and pigs report released by the USDA showed a record number of 11.53. Steve Meyer with Ever-dot-Ag says that was th...
Curtis Media Apr 07, 2024

Meyer: Hog Sales Have Potential Gains
After about three years of not growing litter sizes, the recent hogs and pigs report released by the USDA showed a record number of 11.53. Steve Meyer with Ever-dot-Ag says that was th...
Curtis Media Apr 07, 2024

USDA Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small Visits South Carolina State University
COLUMBIA, S.C. - U.S. Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small visited South Carolina State University (SCSU) on Thursday, April 4, to highlight the department's ongoing support for ag...
Curtis Media Apr 05, 2024

USDA Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small Visits South Carolina State University
COLUMBIA, S.C. - U.S. Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small visited South Carolina State University (SCSU) on Thursday, April 4, to highlight the department's ongoing support for ag...
Curtis Media Apr 05, 2024

Safety Precautions Needed with Bird Flu Cattle Cases
A human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza was found in Texas. The virus has been rampant over the last decade but has stayed mostly bird to bird. This past week a case was found in a dair...
Curtis Media Apr 05, 2024
