Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday April 1
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.After all the hype and buildup, the USDA quarterly stocks report and prospec...
Apr 01, 2025
SC Commissioner Weathers: Certified SC Showcase Recap
South Carolina Ag Commissioner Hugh Weathers, one of the things that I heard you say today, you were talking about the uncertainty that we’re in right now. As much as possible, I get the impress...
Mar 31, 2025
AgFest 2025 Draws Thousands to UMO for a Celebration of Agriculture and Education
MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. - The University of Mount Olive was buzzing with energy as more than 2,000 high school students, advisors, exhibitors, and volunteers from across North Carolina and parts of South Ca...
Mar 31, 2025
Plastics are seeping into farm fields, food and eventually human bodies. Can they be stopped?
By MELINA WALLING and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated PressKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - In Uganda’s Mbale district, famous for its production of arabica coffee, a plague of plastic bags locally known as bu...
Mar 30, 2025
Plastics are seeping into farm fields, food and eventually human bodies. Can they be stopped?
By MELINA WALLING and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated PressKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - In Uganda’s Mbale district, famous for its production of arabica coffee, a plague of plastic bags locally known as bu...
Mar 30, 2025
Mixed Signals Ahead of Monday’s Planting Intentions Report
Survey results showed U.S. farmers plan to plant more corn while cutting back on soybeans and wheat acres. For the fifth year in a row, Farmers Business Network (FBN) has published its Planting Intent...
Mar 28, 2025
Sec. Rollins Announces Aggressive International Travel Agenda to Expand Market Access
(Washington, D.C., March 28, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins will visit six international markets in her first six months as Secretary to expand markets and boost American ag...
Mar 28, 2025
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Friday March 28
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.Volume in the grain markets has been extremely low. It has the feel of a hol...
Mar 28, 2025
First rain and then fire chase people from their homes in North and South Carolina
By JEFFREY COLLINS and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press When Nicole Taylor and her family moved to their new home in the South Carolina mountains six months ago, the gorgeous view of Table Rock Moun...
Mar 27, 2025
More evacuations as wildfires burn in the Carolinas. Forecasts aren't encouraging for firefighters
More people have been asked to leave their homes in the North Carolina and South Carolina mountains as wildfires spread and the forecast for the rest of the week is not encouraging - dry and windy. A ...
Mar 26, 2025