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The rains at the end of last week set us up in really good shape for this week. And to get a complete look at that, talking with Corey Davis from the State Climate Office of North Carolina right now. And I believe you had said last week, Corey, that already we had seen a […]

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. The driest areas of the Midwest have gotten rains this week. Not enough to break the drought, but it bought the crop some time. The weather has been near ideal for much of the corn belt and […]

A foreign aid program near and dear to the hearts of Kansans is in jeopardy. Food for Peace, a federal initiative that sends commodities and other aid to hungry people overseas, is one of the programs caught in the crosshairs of Doge when US aid was shut down by the Trump administration in February, Congressman […]

Rural broadband has been a discussion topic at the local, state, and federal levels for some time. Jeff Johnston, lead economist for digital infrastructure at CoBank, talks about the overall state of broadband in rural America. “Well, we’ve made progress. If you look back to where we were before COVID and how COVID exposed how […]

If Congress doesn’t extend current tax provisions, America’s farmers and ranchers will be forced to pay up to $9 billion more in federal taxes every year. Tax relief enacted by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is set to expire at the end of this year, which would lead to tax increases for almost […]

After several years of rapidly rising farmland values, 2024 saw things begin to cool off. Randy Dickhut, farmland sales expert with Agricultural Economic Insights, says the cyclical up-and-down nature of farmland prices is normal. That’s correct, and that’s very typical. Listening or visiting with brokers and agricultural people around the country and reading the data, […]

U.S. agriculture is still waiting for an updated farm bill after the 2018 bill was extended twice. Pieces of a new farm bill are moving through the budget reconciliation process. While it’s not the whole farm bill, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins is glad to see at least some progress. “I know that Senator Chairman John […]

Labor challenges are among some of the most difficult issues facing farmers and ranchers, especially for those who utilize the H-2A program. John Walt Boatright, director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, explains how the program works. “The H2A Program is the temporary and seasonal guest worker program that many farms and […]

Although it is not officially summer YET, it definitely feels like it in South Carolina. When it feels like summer, we all know it is time for summer produce! SCDA and the State Farmers Markets they operate are hosting some summer tasting events!

For the first time, the destructive spotted lanternfly has been detected in Rockingham County, making it the third county in the state where the pest has been found. Other sites are in Forsyth and Guilford counties.