Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
Winter West Nile Case Shows It’s Never Too Early to Vaccinate
The early arrival of West Nile Virus (WNV) to South Carolina resulted in the Jan. 22 euthanasia of a horse in Charleston County. The horse was not vaccinated and had no pasture mates.According to Clem...
Feb 07, 2024
Market Prices, Input Costs Pushing Expectations Lower
Farmer sentiment took a downturn at the start of 2024 as the January Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index fell to a reading of 106, eight points below a month earlier. Compared to ye...
Feb 07, 2024
Leaving Your Farm Legacy Requires Planning
Planning for your legacy can be a difficult mental exercise especially for a farmer or rancher, but it’s absolutely necessary. Alan Trask is an attorney with Ward and Smith and heads up their ag...
Feb 07, 2024
Soy Exports Add Billions to the U.S. Economy
America's soy complex exports added $39.8 billion to the U.S. economy in marketing year 2022-2023 on a volume of 67.6 million metric tons. The shining star was U.S. soybean meal exports broke records ...
Feb 05, 2024
Supply Glut Lulls Grain Markets
Grain markets are in a lull driven by supply, according to Bryan Doherty of Total Farm Marketing."That's what you have when you have a bigger supply year and you’ve got low prices and the money ...
Feb 04, 2024
From the Battlefield to Potato Field: Potato Industry Leadership Program
Potato LEAF, or the Potato Industry Leadership Education Advancement Foundation, has a leadership training opportunity with historical roots.Mike Wenkel, National Potato Council VP in charge of PLEAF,...
Feb 02, 2024
Drought Gone in Carolinas
Welcome to Groundhog Day! Welcome to Groundhog Day! I’m Mike Davis and I’m joined by climatologist Corey Davis. Let’s take a look back at January. We don’t have the full comple...
Feb 02, 2024
Tax Relief Passes House, Heads for Senate
The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act restores tax provisions left out of the 2017 tax reform efforts. American Farm Bureau Federation Government Affairs Director Dustin Sherer says the...
Feb 01, 2024
Tax Relief Passes House, Heads for Senate
The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act restores tax provisions left out of the 2017 tax reform efforts. American Farm Bureau Federation Government Affairs Director Dustin Sherer says the...
Feb 01, 2024
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Friday February 2
This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.Corn and soybeans posted key reversals Tuesday. That is a technical trading term...
Feb 01, 2024