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The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has $135,000 in cost-share funding to reimburse growers for up to 75% of the certification costs per category. The deadline to apply is Oct. 31. Growers are encouraged to apply early.

Record yields on both row crops. That’s the final estimate from Pro Farmer’s Annual Crop Tour. 181.1 bushels per acre on corn and 54.9 B-P-A on soybeans. Eastern Tour Leg Leader Brian Grete says, as always, it’s a snapshot in time. However, he does like what he saw out in the fields with around 30 days left in […]

The USDA announced the counties that have triggered for payment under the Hurricane Insurance Protection-Wind Index endorsement for Hurricane Debby. Approved insurance providers have 30 days to issue producer payments. Under HIP-WI, producers will receive over $200 million in indemnities for hurricane-related losses from Hurricane Debby. “The hurricane caused devastating damage across the southeast and […]

Many growers have seen a shift from drought conditions to periods of heavy rain and flooding. That shift could lead to increased disease pressure. Blake Miller, an agronomic service representative with Syngenta, talks about how growers can preserve their maximum yield potential despite the challenges. Miller talks about the weather shift in his area. “The […]

There are plenty of people who don’t like any form of animal agriculture. Joel Leftwich, chief strategy officer for the Kansas Farm Bureau, says it’s time for animal agriculture to start pushing back. “The voices out there who are opposed to animal agriculture are strong, are well funded, and are finding new ways to challenge […]

It’s typical when we get a hurricane or a tropical storm to come through that right behind it, we get some really nice weather. And we did this time, but it was sort of a delayed reaction. Let’s find out why, from climatologist Corey Davis, Assistant State Climatologist with the state climate office of North […]

Just because a farmer has a bin doesn’t mean it should be used. There are reasons to do so during harvest, but those may be put into the production cost category as they relate to the efficiencies of the harvest just to keep the combines rolling. Otherwise, Frayne Olson from North Dakota State University says […]

Nine NCSU research projects awarded funding RALEIGH – Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced today that nine research projects that focus on helping specialty crop growers manage disease and adverse weather conditions, and that look at new plant varieties that could grow better in the state were awarded over $1.16 million in specialty crop block grant […]

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Market is closely following the ProFarmer crop tour going across the Midwest this week. At the time of this recording, we have gotten the tour yield for Illinois, Nebraska, Indiana, South Dakota and Ohio. Thursday at 8pm, […]

 The corn and soybean crops in Illinois are as advertised, according to Pro Farmer Scouts on Day Three of Crop Tour. “Corn yields were a little more variable probably than a lot of the routes saw, but I’d expect that, given the real estate that we were looking at. We still had a top-end yield of […]