Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
USDA Sees Decline in Global Cotton Production
The USDA's cotton projections for 2025-2026 indicate a decrease in global production when compared to the previous marketing year. World cotton production is projected at 117.8 million bales in 2025-2...
May 22, 2025
N.C. A&T Interdisciplinary Team Introduces Wound Dressing Innovation at Expo
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (May 22, 2025) - A dynamic team of graduate researchers from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University captivated judges and attendees with their a sustainable, ...
May 22, 2025
Memorial Day Cookout Costs Reach Record High
Grilling Season 2025 officially kicks off this weekend, and Memorial Day cookouts will fill neighborhoods with the smell of hot charcoal and grilled meats. But how much will that outdoor feast cost th...
May 21, 2025
Observing the Health of a Forest
How might US Forest Service pathologist Martin McKenzie be described? This California-based researcher is recognized as and acknowledges titles like professional observer."Anybody else standing here w...
May 21, 2025
Rollins Rolls Out Proposals to Support Small Family Farms
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins issued a suite of proposals intended to support small family farms across rural America. John Walt Boatright, director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Fe...
May 21, 2025
13 SC Entrepreneurs Awarded Funding for Agribusinesses
COLUMBIA - Thirteen entrepreneurs will share $200,000 in funding for their agribusiness ventures through the South Carolina Department of Agriculture's Agribusiness Center for Research and Entrep...
May 21, 2025
China Keeping Most of its Fertilizer Production for Domestic Use
China is one of the world's biggest suppliers of fertilizer. However, China has pulled back in recent years on the amount of exports, preferring to keep more on hand for domestic use."Every time we se...
May 21, 2025
On ‘World Bee Day,’ the bees did not seem bothered. They should be
By DANIEL NIEMANN, FANNY BRODERSEN and MICHAEL PROBST Associated PressCOLOGNE, Germany (AP) - On the eighth annual "World Bee Day," the bees did not seem bothered.They should be.Bees and oth...
May 20, 2025
New Varieties of Cotton Being Tested Nationwide
Cotton planting is underway across the country, and alongside the tried-and-true are a selection of test varieties with new and exciting traits that Deltapine test growers from coast to coast will be ...
May 19, 2025
Meyer: Cattle Bull Market to Remain…For Now
Cattle has been in a bull market for quite a while. But how long can the rally last? USDA chief economist Seth Meyer told farm broadcasters that has yet to be determined."You talk to some of the cow-c...
May 19, 2025