Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
USDA Announces Grants to Cover Agricultural Losses due to Hurricane Helene in South Carolina
(Washington, D.C., September 30, 2025)– U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide more than $38.3 million in Congressionall...
Sep 30, 2025
Rollins: USDA Taking Steps to Deal with High Input Costs
Input costs have skyrocketed for U.S. farmers who are already looking at plans for 2026. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins, speaking at the Agri-Pulse 11th annual Ag Outlook Forum, talked about how much hig...
Sep 29, 2025
Don’t Forget to Maintain Current Progress in Dairy Export Markets
The World Dairy Expo will be in Madison, Wisconsin, from September 30th to October 3rd. Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin will have a booth at this year's show once again. CEO Chad Vincent said there are mul...
Sep 29, 2025
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday, Sept. 30th
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.Grain markets start off the week with more of the same: very flat trade. Har...
Sep 29, 2025
2 killed in Cuba as Tropical Storm Imelda and Hurricane Humberto threaten Bahamas and Bermuda
By DNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Authorities in the Bahamas closed most schools on Monday as Tropical Storm Imelda dropped heavy rain in the northern Caribbean, including ov...
Sep 29, 2025
Hurricane Humberto and Tropical Storm Imelda threaten the Bahamas and Bermuda
By DNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Authorities in the Bahamas closed a majority of schools on Monday following mandatory evacuations for some islands in the archipelago as Tro...
Sep 29, 2025
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Friday, Sept. 26th
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.It's been another quiet week in the grain markets, with low volume and no en...
Sep 25, 2025
Drought Tightens Grip, But Rain Looms for Carolinas
So, it continues to be a dry Carolinas. Over the last week or so, we have not gotten any substantive rain. Over the last week, got state assistant climatologist Corey Davis here. Corey, is the drought...
Sep 25, 2025
One year later, western North Carolina still recovers from Hurricane Helene
SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (NCN News) - It has been one year since the worst storm to ever hit North Carolina devastated the western part of the state.Hurricane Helene was not even on the list of storms to wor...
Sep 25, 2025
Forty Years of CRP
2025 marks the 40th anniversary of what many consider the Agriculture Department’s flagship conservation program.The person perhaps most connected to the creation of the Conservation Reserve Pro...
Sep 24, 2025