Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
Poll: Economy Not So Good
Rural residents join Republicans, renters, women, and single people in feeling they're in a funk financially according to the Axios Vibe survey by The Harris Poll. Inflation has dipped in recent month...
Jan 17, 2024
Pork Producers Concerned About FDA Antibiotics Proposal
The National Pork Producers Council submitted comments critical of the Food and Drug Administration's draft guidance on the duration of use of certain antibiotics in food animals. NPPC says the propos...
Jan 17, 2024
Crop Nutrition Week February 5-9: Elevate Every Acre
2024 is the second year for Crop Nutrition Week, being celebrated February 5-9. Stephanie Zelinko, national agronomist for AgroLiquid, talks about what's new this year."Crop Nutrition Week, we are in ...
Jan 16, 2024
Controversial Legal Doctrine May End Soon
A controversial legal doctrine with wide-ranging impacts may come to an end soon. Travis Cushman, deputy general counsel for litigation and public policy with the American Farm Bureau, explains the pr...
Jan 16, 2024
USDA Releases Grain Stocks, Winter Wheat Seeding Reports
USDA’s December 2023 Grain Stocks report shows higher corn and wheat stocks in all positions, while soybean stocks dropped from 2022. Corn in all positions totaled 12.2 billion bushels, 13 perce...
Jan 16, 2024
SC Commissioner Weathers: South Carolina Watermelon Meeting and Update
The South Carolina Watermelon Association holds its annual convention this week, which means it's time to talk watermelon.The meeting is January 19-21, 2024 at Hilton Head.This is always an action-pac...
Jan 15, 2024
NC Commissioner Troxler: Grain, Cotton Risk-Management Workshops Being Offered in Eastern NC
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Marketing Division is offering risk-management workshops to discuss tools to help farmers market grain crops and cotton. The classes are being ...
Jan 15, 2024
Final 2023 Crop Report Shows Jump in Corn Production
USDA released its final 2023 Crop Production Report showing a rise in corn production and a drop in soybean production. 2023 corn production hit a record 15.3 billion bushels, 12 percent above 2022. T...
Jan 15, 2024
Land Costs Creating Barriers to Entry for Farmland
Farmland values continue to increase nationwide creating a barrier to entry for new and young farmers at the 2024 land investment Expo in Des Moines, Iowa, Robert Bonnie, the USDA Undersecretary for F...
Jan 15, 2024
Land Costs Creating Barriers to Entry for Farmland
Farmland values continue to increase nationwide creating a barrier to entry for new and young farmers at the 2024 land investment Expo in Des Moines, Iowa, Robert Bonnie, the USDA Undersecretary for F...
Jan 15, 2024