Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
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
NC State’s Edens Set for Retirement after 50 Years in Poultry
A longtime member of the NC State University poultry science faculty will be hanging up his lab coat in just a few months. But to hear him tell it it’s a wonder Dr. Frank Edens became a poultry ...
Jan 14, 2024
Rouzer Encourages Congressional Leaders to Stabilize Labor Wages for Farm Families
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) joined 74 of his colleagues on a bipartisan letter encouraging House and Senate appropriations leaders to include an H-2A visa guestworker ...
Jan 12, 2024
National Ag Classification Survey Coming on January 24
As the agency already prepares for the 2027 Census of Agriculture, USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service will conduct a farmer query on January 24. The National Agricultural Classification S...
Jan 12, 2024
November Pork Export Value Highest Since 2021
Fueled by record performances in Mexico, Central America, and Colombia, November pork exports reached their highest value since November 2021. USDA data compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation say...
Jan 12, 2024
Beef Cattle Needs During Frigid Weather
The blast of arctic air coming across the nation should have beef cattle producers on edge. University of Illinois Extension Beef Cattle Educator Teresa Steckler says there are a few thing that should...
Jan 12, 2024
El Niño Rain Pattern in Full View This Week
Rain, plenty of it and we got it where we needed it. I Mike Davis talking with Corey Davis from the state climate office of North Carolina. And oh boy, earlier this week, we really saw El Nino at its ...
Jan 12, 2024