Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
The Yonder Report
Some 4,000 miles from the mainland, Hawaii also struggles to provide rural communities with local news; a rural county in New Mexico is having success keeping repeat offenders out of jail; and persist...
Jan 04, 2024
Analysis: Corn Futures Fall More Than 30% in 2023
Grain futures ended 2023 significantly in the red, with corn futures suffering their biggest yearly drop in a decade, according to a new analysis by the University of Illinois’ Farm Policy websi...
Jan 04, 2024
Ag Markets 2024: Watch the Funds Closely
John Heinberg is Market Advisor with Total Farm Marketing. He tells SFN there are a few key things to watch for in the new year. The first is money flow. He says funds continued to sell the ag sector ...
Jan 03, 2024
Uncertainty Ahead as Prop 12 Takes Effect
California's Prop 12 goes into effect with the new year on January 1. It becomes California state law during a time of already great uncertainty in the pork market. American Farm Bureau Federation Eco...
Jan 03, 2024
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
Dec 26, 2023