Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
Recent Rains Wipe Out Most Drought in Carolinas
Talking with Assistant State Climatologist Corey Davis from the State Climate Office of North Carolina, and Corey we could wrap up the past week in one word, rain."Yeah, I think rain, wet, torrential,...
May 16, 2025
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Friday
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.The progress on trade with China and the May USDA report were bullish on Mon...
May 15, 2025
New World Screwworm Presents Potentially Devastating Challenges
The New World screwworm is on the radar of U.S. agricultural officials as well as livestock producers across the country. Bernt Nelson, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the ...
May 15, 2025
Wagyu Beef…Straight Outta Clayton, NC!
Did you know there’s a wagyu beef producer in the Carolinas? Jaclyn Smith is a Jaclyn of all trades, as she and her husband move in the construction space in Clayton, North Carolina. But in 2020...
May 15, 2025
2025 Weather Summary Shows Disasters and Drought
As planting continues across farm country, it’s a good time to evaluate our weather up to this point in the year. Meteorologist Brad Rippey with USDA provided farm broadcasters with an update."W...
May 13, 2025
Reaction to the May WASDE Report
The USDA released the May World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates Report this week. The May report always includes the first look at new crop corn and soybean supply and demand tables. Joe Jansen is an a...
May 13, 2025
US egg prices fall for the first time in months but remain near record highs
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business WriterU.S. retail egg prices fell in April from the record-high prices they hit earlier this year, according to government data released Tuesday.The average pri...
May 13, 2025
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday May 13
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.On Monday we got more data and news than we were able to process in one day....
May 12, 2025
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday May 13
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.On Monday we got more data and news than we were able to process in one day....
May 12, 2025
NC Commissioner Troxler: NC Celebrates 40 Years of ‘Goodness Grows’ and ‘Got to Be NC’ Campaigns
As we prepare to host the Got to Be NC Festival May 16-18 at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, we are also celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Got to Be NC marketing program. This year...
May 12, 2025