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A new species might be added to the Endangered Species list, with a threatened designation. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced a proposal to list the Monarch Butterfly. Shelby Hagenaur, senior director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau, says this designation is a mixed bag for agriculture. “This Fish and Wildlife […]

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Well after making a big deal for the last few weeks about how the December USDA report was going to be a nonevent and there were not going to be major changes, I had to eat my […]

The rain the past few days, boy, now that has been something we haven’t seen a lot of recently, and the Drought Monitor reflects that. Any change in that Drought Monitor? Well, we’ll ask Corey Davis about that. He is the Assistant State Climatologist for North Carolina, and man, I tell you, I got a […]

If you haven’t done so already, time is running out to pick that perfect Christmas tree. Barbara H Smith is a horticulture specialist with Clemson University Extension, and she says the tradition of decorating the modern tree goes back almost 200 years. “The Christmas tree, as we know it, was first introduced by Prince Albert, […]

The relationship between weeds and yields is a clear one. Aaron Kromann, an agronomy service representative for Syngenta, says achieving early-season control is important for managing yield-robbing weeds in soybean fields. “As the soybean comes out of the ground, there are many stresses that are placed on the crop. These can be environmental: too hot, […]

Typically, the December World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates report is a yawner with little movement expected. But that was not the case on Tuesday. Mike Zuzolo is president and founder of Global Commodity Analytics and Consulting in Atchison, Kansas, and he explains observers this time were watching for reaction to the tariff talk by […]

The National Pork Board’s Swine Extension and Outreach Professionals Group is made up of university professors and-or extension professionals at U.S. colleges and universities. Sarah Schieck-Boelke is a swine extension educator at the University of Minnesota and says this group is at the forefront of getting needed information to producers. “Most of them offer either […]

The commodity markets are in a sustained run of lower prices. Joe Janzen, an ag economist at the University of Illinois, talks about what it might take for the markets to push higher. “Maybe not news, but it’s a fact that we are in a period of long-run lower prices where we’ve settled in a […]

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Grain and oilseed markets found some strength on Friday and some follow through on Monday during the day session. Beans could not hold the strength and closed lower while corn and wheat closed up but still off […]

It’s just about time for SCATE renewals in South Carolina!  Here to tell us more about the SCATE rolling renewal is South Carolina Ag Commissioner Hugh Weathers. Commissioner: As you may know, the South Carolina Agricultural Tax Exemption, or SCATE, card is a handy card for farmers to use for agricultural sales tax exemptions on […]