Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
Silencing Phone Scams in Rural America
Silencing phone scams is a big job because four billion robocalls are made to Americans every month, and the average individual receives 14 calls each week. In addition to being annoying and time-cons...
Nov 17, 2025
H-2A Program Still Needs More Fixes to Be Affordable
The cry for H-2A reform can be heard all around agriculture, and the recent adjustments to calculating the Adverse Effect Wage Rate are a step in the right direction.But Enrique Gastelum, CEO of the W...
Nov 16, 2025
New National FFA President Looking Forward to Making Connections
Trey Myers of Oklahoma was recently elected as the new president of National FFA. He said it hasn't truly sunk in yet, but it's getting there.It's starting to set in just a little bit, but it still do...
Nov 16, 2025
U.S. Escapes a Hurricane Landfall for First Time in a Decade
With just two weeks left in the 2025 hurricane season, it appears the East Coast, and especially the Southeast, escaped the impact of a landfalling hurricane for the first time in a decade. Alex DaSil...
Nov 16, 2025
This NC plant eats bugs for breakfast - and looks beautiful doing it
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend GardenerMost of us have seen or have some knowledge of the most iconic plant in the world: It's the "Venus Flytrap", which is native to a small area of southeastern North Ca...
Nov 16, 2025
This NC plant eats bugs for breakfast - and looks beautiful doing it
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener Most of us have seen or have some knowledge of the most iconic plant in the world: It's the "Venus Flytrap", which is native to a small area of southeastern North C...
Nov 16, 2025
Trump scraps tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit in a push to lower grocery store prices
By WILL WEISSERT Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was scrapping U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and a broad swath of ...
Nov 14, 2025
N.C. A&T Receives Transformative $63M Investment from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
GREENSBORO, N.C. - North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University today announced a record $63 million investment from philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott, the largest single gift ev...
Nov 14, 2025
Help Feeding America Serve the Hungry During the Holiday Season
You may be surprised at how much food insecurity there is in the U.S., even in rural America. Ami McReynolds of Feeding America said the group was serving millions of food-insecure people prior to the...
Nov 14, 2025
Tariffs Useful, If Done the Right Way
With all the challenges impacting agriculture, tariffs imposed by President Trump are getting a lot of criticism, even in agriculture.Kam Quarles, CEO at the National Potato Council, says tariffs crea...
Nov 13, 2025