Category Archives: Top Agriculture News

Hog Producers Trying to Raise Prices by Putting a Lid on Production
It appears the nation’s hog producers are trying to keep a lid on production and get hog prices up by reducing farrowings and balancing that out with more pigs per litter.That is largely what ap...
Curtis Media Jan 02, 2024

Coming Soon: Census of Agriculture Results
The results will soon be available to the public: The findings of USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture.We’re looking for a good product to be available on the 13th of February.That from Joe P...
Curtis Media Jan 02, 2024

Future of the Whole Milk Act in Question
With recent House passage of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, attention now turns towards the Senate to take action. National Milk Producers Federation Senior Director of Government Relations and ...
Curtis Media Dec 28, 2023

Future of the Whole Milk Act in Question
With recent House passage of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, attention now turns towards the Senate to take action. National Milk Producers Federation Senior Director of Government Relations and ...
Curtis Media Dec 28, 2023

Dire Shipping Situation in Panama Canal
Fresh water is the gasoline for the Panama Canal making it run. The man-made lake between the locks gathers that rainwater to make the locks functional to in Lake typically sits around 87 feet above s...
Curtis Media Dec 27, 2023

The Yonder Report
Rural vibrancy struggles when local newspapers close; smoke from seasonal wildfires is affecting the mental health of rural residents; and gym classes in Southwest Virginia are helping those in drug t...
Curtis Media Dec 26, 2023

The Yonder Report
Rural vibrancy struggles when local newspapers close; smoke from seasonal wildfires is affecting the mental health of rural residents; and gym classes in Southwest Virginia are helping those in drug t...
Curtis Media Dec 26, 2023

SC Commissioner Weathers: RFSI Grant Application Window Now Open
COLUMBIA - The South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) is partnering with USDA Agricultural Marketing Service to offer over $4 million in competitive grants to support middle-of-the-food-...
Curtis Media Dec 25, 2023

NC Commissioner Troxler: NCDA&CS Year in Review
As we wrap up 2023, it gives us an opportunity to look back at what we accomplished and think about where we need to go in the year ahead. Here are some of the biggest NCDA&CS stories of 2023 and ...
Curtis Media Dec 25, 2023

Merry Christmas from the Southern Farm Network!
Curtis Media Dec 24, 2023
