Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
Southern Farm Show Returning Jan. 31 – Feb. 2
It’s the largest farm show in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, and it returns to the NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh Wednesday, January 31 through Friday, February 2, David Zimmerman...
Jan 18, 2024
January WASDE Pressures Commodity Prices Lower
The January WASDE report showed a surprising jump in corn and soybean production. Betty Resnick, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, talks about what the report revealed about suppl...
Jan 17, 2024
Boerema Repeats as NC Top Corn Yield Grower
As the results are in from the National Corn Growers Association 2023 Corn Yield Contest, and once again Isaac Boerema of Pantego, NC is the North Carolina winner in the no-till no-irrigation category...
Jan 17, 2024
Boerema Repeats as NC Top Corn Yield Grower
As the results are in from the National Corn Growers Association 2023 Corn Yield Contest, and once again Isaac Boerema of Pantego, NC is the North Carolina winner in the no-till no-irrigation category...
Jan 17, 2024
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The National Pork Producers Council submitted comments critical of the Food and Drug Administration's draft guidance on the duration of use of certain antibiotics in food animals.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