Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
WATERS Summit Seeks Answers, Action for ENC Flooding
Federal, state, and local elected officials along with academics and innovators gathered in Greenville, North Carolina last Wednesday for Congressman Greg Murphy and Congressman David Rouzer's third a...
Jan 28, 2024
Farm Bill Programs Deadline Approaching
Farm Bill extension means producers have a March 15 deadline to make a decision between the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs known as ARC and PLC. Steve Johnson, retired Iowa...
Jan 28, 2024
Lentsch to Lead Soybean Board
Former South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture Lucas Lentsch has stepped into the CEO job for the United Soybean Board. Lynch says USB handles the national soybean checkoff dollars.Every state that rais...
Jan 28, 2024
Farm Bureau Convention Concludes with Policy Session
American Farm Bureau's annual convention concluded Tuesday with a session on policy priorities for 2024. AFBF President Zippy Duvall says the Farm Bill is the top issue."We stressed the importance of ...
Jan 26, 2024
Ag Exports Struggling to Stay Competitive in Global Markets
The strength of the U.S. dollar compared to currency in other countries is a big factor in successfully exporting American ag commodities. The Federal Reserve says it won't raise interest rates for no...
Jan 26, 2024
Second Half of Winter Expected to Look a Lot Like the First
We are at the halfway point of climatological winter, and I think that might be a good time to take a look back on what has looked like a fairly warm and wet season, but I’m gonna get the expert...
Jan 25, 2024
The Yonder Report
Rural Texas teachers unravel a secret to improving student reading scores; a New York nonprofit champions manufactured housing to help solve the state’s housing crisis; and Reba McEntire lends h...
Jan 25, 2024
The Yonder Report
Rural Texas teachers unravel a secret to improving student reading scores; a New York nonprofit champions manufactured housing to help solve the state’s housing crisis; and Reba McEntire lends h...
Jan 25, 2024
S.C. Animal Health Officials Remind Backyard Flock Owners to Isolate Their Birds
Clemson University animal health officials are urging owners of backyard poultry flocks and pet waterfowl to keep their birds away from wild waterfowl and the waters they inhabit.The warning comes aft...
Jan 25, 2024
S.C. Animal Health Officials Remind Backyard Flock Owners to Isolate Their Birds
Clemson University animal health officials are urging owners of backyard poultry flocks and pet waterfowl to keep their birds away from wild waterfowl and the waters they inhabit.The warning comes aft...
Jan 25, 2024