Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
Rural Mainstreet Index Stays Below Growth Neutral
The May Rural Mainstreet Index fell below the growth-neutral reading of 50.0 for the 19th time in the past 20 months. The ten-state region covered by the Index came in at 44 during May, up from 40 in ...
Jun 01, 2025
AFBF: FMMO Changes Now in Effect
After several years of USDA hearings with the dairy industry, changes to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders took effect over the weekend. Danny Munch, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federat...
Jun 01, 2025
Google and Arable Expand Innovative Water Stewardship Collaboration to the Carolinas
SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / May 29, 2025 / Google and Arable are expanding their collaboration in water replenishment efforts by bringing Arable’s in-field irrigation te...
May 30, 2025
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for May 29
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.Volume has been very lackluster on this holiday shortened week. All weekly r...
May 29, 2025
NRCS Ramping Up for Next 90 Years
The Natural Resources Conservation Service recently celebrated 90 years of protecting soil health and serving farmers to do so. Aubrey Bettencourt is the NRCS Chief and says connecting with farmers is...
May 28, 2025
How Does DOGE Affect Agriculture?
The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, gets a lot of criticism in the news, but what are they really doing and how might it impact agriculture?Washington Representative Dan Newhouse says it...
May 28, 2025
Mental Health Month: Stress Makes Running a Farm Much More Difficult
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Farmers and ranchers are dealing with a lot of stress due to many factors. Dr. Larry Tranel, a dairy field specialist at Iowa State University Extension, says a l...
May 27, 2025
Blach: National Cattle Herd Is Slowly Rebuilding
The U.S. Meat Export Federation Spring Conference took place last week in Fort Worth, Texas. Keynote speaker Randy Blach, CEO of CattleFax, said the cattle herd rebuilding may finally be gaining tract...
May 27, 2025
Waiting for Producers to Rebuild the Beef Cattle Herd
Questions remain about when cattle producers may begin rebuilding the size of America's herds. Dr. Derrell Peel, livestock marketing specialist at Oklahoma State University Extension, talks about wher...
May 22, 2025
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Friday May 23
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.Corn and soybeans have managed to put together a few positive closes in a ro...
May 22, 2025