Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
The Future of the CRP After September is Cloudy
Several major conservation programs have been secured through the end of the decade, while uncertainty surrounds the Conservation Reserve Program. Because the CRP is only extended through September, t...
Feb 04, 2026
Producing More Beef With Fewer Cattle
For much of the past year, the cattle industry was one of the few bright spots for the ag economy. Thanks to the smallest national herd size reported in a generation, beef prices have been elevated, w...
Feb 04, 2026
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday, Feb. 3rd
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540. Grain markets took a big bruising on Friday with a meltdown in the precious...
Feb 03, 2026
Analyst Reacts to the Cattle Inventory Report
The USDA released the Cattle Inventory Report last week, which showed a slight decline in the overall cattle and calf inventory compared to last year. As of January 1, 2026, the U.S. beef cattle herd ...
Feb 03, 2026
Beef Producers to Set Policy Priorities at CattleCon
The 2026 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen's Beef Association Trade Show is February 3-5 in Nashville, Tennessee. State cattle organizations will work together on policy discussions fo...
Feb 02, 2026 Photo Credit: Emily Marie Wilson / Shutterstock.com
President Trump Vows to Support Year-Round E15 During Iowa Stop
President Donald Trump visited the Horizon Events Center in Clive, Iowa, with the message of "Lower Prices, Bigger Paychecks." During his speech, President Trump celebrated the accomplishments of the ...
Feb 02, 2026 President Donald Trump takes the stage to speak during a rally at the Horizon Events Center on Jan. 27, 2026 in Clive, Iowa. President Trump returns to Iowa for a second time in his second term ahead of the mid-term elections. (Photo Credit: USA Today)
Strengthening Rural America Will Take Advocacy
National Grange President Chris Hamp says there are many needs and challenges in rural America, and it's important that those rural voices are heard. Hamp is calling on Grange members to advocate on a...
Feb 02, 2026 Photo Credit: Amy Lutz / Shutterstock.com
Politics isn't Helping Fix the Crisis in the Agricultural Economy
From labor reform to the rising cost of growing our food, politics isn't helping to fix the crisis agriculture is facing. Washington Post Columnist Megan McCardle wonders what ever happened to trying ...
Feb 02, 2026 Washington, DC. USA, January 31, 1990
President George H.W. Bush delivers his Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union. (Photo credit: Mark Reinstein/Shutterstock.com)
Big Changes to Farm Programs Coming in 2026
U.S. agricultural producers are bracing for a shifting economic landscape as significant changes are coming to federal farm programs that could reshape the bottom line for farmers and ranchers. Dr. Am...
Jan 30, 2026
Carolinas prepare for second winter storm, colder and snowier
Well, we had our first major winter event of the year, and it looks like we're going for round two this weekend. But how did all of that weather and all of that precipitation affect the drought totals...
Jan 30, 2026 A person walks along Rigsbee Avenue as snow and ice continue to cover some roadways near downtown Durham on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (Photo credit: Kaitlin McKeown/ The News & Observer)