Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
SC Commissioner Weathers: ACRE Advanced Entrepreneurship Applications are Open
Applications are now open for the ACRE Advanced Entrepreneurship Program.SCDA founded the Agribusiness Center for Research and Entrepreneurship (ACRE) back in 2018. The program is here to invest...
Jan 27, 2025
NC Commissioner Troxler: Ag Development Forum Coming February 6
The annual Ag Development Forum is slated for Feb. 6 during the Farm Show at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. Commissioner Troxler will present his annual State of Agriculture remarks and will be joi...
Jan 27, 2025
Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while visiting North Carolina
By WILL WEISSERT, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) - President Donald Trump said he was considering "getting rid of" the Federal Emergency Management Agency dur...
Jan 24, 2025
Remembering Snowmageddon 2000
We only got a dusting of snow in the Carolinas this week compared to some folks way to the south of us. I’m talking with NC Assistant Climatologist Corey Davis, and it was a surprising path for ...
Jan 23, 2025
Record Pig Crop Driven by Pigs per Litter
USDA's December Hogs and Pigs Report put the December 1 inventory at 75.8 million head. That’s down about a percentage point from the previous quarter but up a half percent from last year. Unive...
Jan 21, 2025
Starling Gives Rollins Two Thumbs Up as Trump’s Ag Nominee
Brooke Rollins is scheduled to get her day before the Senate Ag Committee on Thursday as she prepares to be confirmed as President Trump’s secretary of Agriculture. Ray Starling is the general c...
Jan 21, 2025
SC Commissioner Weathers: The 2025 Chef Ambassadors
South Carolina recently announced its new class of 2025 SC Chef Ambassadors and Ag Commissioner Hugh Weathers is here to tell us more about them and the program.Commissioner:Now in its 11th year, the ...
Jan 20, 2025
SC Commissioner Weathers: The 2025 Chef Ambassadors
South Carolina recently announced its new class of 2025 SC Chef Ambassadors and Ag Commissioner Hugh Weathers is here to tell us more about them and the program.Commissioner:Now in its 11th year, the ...
Jan 20, 2025
‘Tariff War Seems Imminent’
The North American beef cattle herd size is at a 40-year low, after several years of drought and feed shortages in primary cattle regions have taken a heavy toll on cow and heifer numbers. While cattl...
Jan 20, 2025
‘Tariff War Seems Imminent’
The North American beef cattle herd size is at a 40-year low, after several years of drought and feed shortages in primary cattle regions have taken a heavy toll on cow and heifer numbers. While cattl...
Jan 20, 2025