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This week is National Pollinator Week. The USDA is recognizing and celebrating the event as pollinator species like bees and other insects, birds, and bats all play a critical role in producing more than 100 U.S. crops. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack said the nation’s farmers depend on a vibrant ecosystem to feed and fuel communities, […]

There’s been recent progress toward a 2024 Farm Bill, but is it fast enough? Farm Policy News reports lawmakers have hinted that passage of a full farm bill this year is growing more unlikely. Another extension of the 2018 Farm Bill remains the most likely outcome before the end of the current extension in September. […]

A Texas federal judge has temporarily blocked a USDA disaster relief program from giving preferential funding to women and minority farmers. The judge sided with a group of plaintiffs who claimed the program illegally discriminates against white male farmers. The judge’s order ruled the program likely violated the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights to equal protection under […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Grain and oilseed markets traded lower Friday and Monday. Much of the Midwest is facing significant heat from the ridge that has setup over the Southeast. Parts of the eastern belt have dried out but for the areas […]

The Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture meeting this week in Williamsburg, Virginia. I’m Mike Davis, and on site, we have our own reporter embedded on the front lines, and that is North Carolina Ag Commissioner Steve Troxler. Commissioner, what are some of the issues that are front and center for you at SASDA […]

It’s officially peach season in SC! Ag Commissioner Hugh Weathers is here to talk to us about the peach crop in the state.

Golf’s US Open made its reappearance this past week at North Carolina’s famed Pinehurst Resort and Country Club. But it’s not just a matter of the world’s best golfers showing up and taking a few swings. Years of course preparation take place in the lead up to the major sporting event. Darin Bevard is the […]

American Farm Bureau’s Director of Government Affairs Joe Gilson says Farm Bureau has been told House GOP leadership wants FY 2025 spending bills out of the way before a farm bill. “Right now, I think the House is really focused on next year’s appropriations process. And they really want to get through that, before they […]

National “Eat Your Veggies Day” is June 17th. Kelly Bristow is the global nutrition affairs lead for Bayer, and she says the company is pushing for more access to healthier foods for hungry people. Better food and healthier people start with more veggies. “Oftentimes, we get so focused on what foods that they’re wanting to […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. We got USDA’s June Supply and Demand on Wednesday June 12th at noon. The June report can be pretty quiet because we have not gotten through enough growing season for USDA to make changes to the crop size. […]