Category Archives: Top Agriculture News

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540. Commodity markets were closed on Monday for the President's Day holiday. Th...

So many of the problems facing farmers today come from a lack of understanding among the public about where their food comes from and what it takes to produce it. Speaking with growers at December's W...

This year is going to be a busy year in D.C., with a variety of issues impacting farm country. Val Dolcini (doll-SEE-nee), Head of Public Affairs at Syngenta North America, says tariffs are one of the...

Well, after the last few weeks of dealing with rain, sleet, snow and wintry mixes - all the winter precipitation - this weekend, not so much. And this past week has been very calm in the temperature d...

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540. USDA's February Supply and Demand report that came out on Tuesday was very ...

When it comes to USDA Rural Development's line of guaranteed loans, grants and other resources for rural infrastructure projects, well, RD's Acting Chief Information Officer Jim Barham says there are ...

Cattle industry leaders and producers gathered in Nashville for the recent 2026 Cattle Industry Convention. While attendees talked through many issues, a top-of-mind challenge for the industry is the ...

Researchers at the University of Nebraska have been doing extensive studies on crown root rot in the Corn Belt. Dylan Magel, an assistant professor of plant pathology, said crown root rot is a confusi...

Pork producers are continuing to bounce back from one of their toughest years ever in 2023, and are hopeful this year will continue to see profitable returns. Roy Lee Lindsey, CEO of the North Carolin...

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540. The soybean market had some very big volumes last week after Trump's tweet....