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This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Bulls need to be fed and there has not been much for the grain bulls in a while. Corn crop conditions came out this week at 69% good/excellent which was right in line with expectations. That is […]

While the Trump Administration is touting American exports and manufacturing, an unusual provision in the Big Beautiful Bill singles out one ag export for what amounts to a tax increase. Ray Starling, General Counsel of the North Carolina Chamber and a former Trump White House advisor, says tobacco is in the crosshairs. “One that singles […]

More tightening of cattle and beef supplies per USDA’s latest Cattle on Feed Report. Livestock analyst Michael McConnell says, for the period ending May 1… “We have relatively smaller inventories and feedlots relative to a year ago, with fewer placements and fewer marketing that’s reflective of the overall tighter cattle situation than what we’ve seen […]

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 April. The index ranges between 0 and 100, with 50 representing growth neutral. “According to the bank CEOs […]

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 Federation, says the FMMO structure is intended to protect farmers. “The primary purpose of the federal order system is to set minimum prices milk […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — As hurricane season begins, experts in storms and disasters are worried about massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to the storms. Experts are alarmed over the large-scale staff reductions, travel and training restrictions and grant cut-offs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30 and is predicted to busier than average this year. Representatives of both NOAA and FEMA say the agencies are prepared.

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 technology to hundreds of fields across North and South Carolina. The project will support the Edisto-Santee River Basin in South Carolina and the Catawba and Pee Dee Basins in North Carolina. […]

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Volume has been very lackluster on this holiday shortened week. All weekly reports were delayed by a day this week so we got our first look at condition ratings for corn on Tuesday afternoon. Corn was rated […]

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 something they talk about a lot. “We’ve got to meet our farmers where they are and, more importantly, meet them where they’re going. We […]

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’s worth watching, but he thinks it’s doing some needed things. “I just talked to Secretary Bergum from the Department of the Interior. […]