Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
Longshoremans’ Vote Expected Next Week
Encouraging news on the shipping front for agriculture, as the feuding parties in the longshoremans' dispute along the Gulf and East coasts are moving forward to ratify a new contract. Mike Steenhoek,...
Feb 20, 2025
Legislation Introduced to Help Farm Kids Get Access to College Aid
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, has not been kind to college students and farming families for years, due to flaws in the program, farmers must label their machinery, land and ...
Feb 20, 2025
Legislation Introduced to Help Farm Kids Get Access to College Aid
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, has not been kind to college students and farming families for years, due to flaws in the program, farmers must label their machinery, land and ...
Feb 20, 2025
Snowy roads lead to hundreds of Virginia and North Carolina crashes as Arctic air brings record cold
By BEN FINLEY, MAKIYA SEMINERA and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Officials in Virginia and North Carolina asked drivers to avoid travel Thursday as unusually heavy snow led to h...
Feb 20, 2025
Argentina Struggling with Dry Weather, Yield Predictions Continue Lower
Brazil's farmers have struggled with too much rain in the north and not enough in the south. Dr. Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor, Inc., says the dry weather in Brazil stretches well int...
Feb 19, 2025
Farmers Expressing Doubts About 2025 Turnaround
As farmers look in the rearview mirror at the season just completed, they have concerns about the planting season up ahead. Zack Webb is a technical agronomist with Deltapine in North and South Caroli...
Feb 18, 2025
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday February 18
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.Grain markets were closed on Monday during the day session for Presidents Da...
Feb 17, 2025
SC Commissioner Weathers: Fresh on the Menu People’s Choice Awards Voting Open
Fresh on the Menu People's Choice Awards voting is open. Here is Commissioner Weathers to tell us all about it!Fresh on the Menu has introduced the People's Choice Awards to honor restaurants ac...
Feb 17, 2025
NC Commissioner Troxler: Application Period Open for Specialty Crop Block Grants
An anticipated $1.2 million in specialty crop block grants is expected to come to North Carolina this year. The application period for nonprofits and government agencies is open now through 5 p.m. Mar...
Feb 17, 2025
Despite Slow Start, Big Soybean Crop Coming in Brazil
Don Roose of U.S. Commodities took a recent trip to South America and saw firsthand what the crop conditions looked like. Given the size of South America's growing area, there's a variety of condition...
Feb 16, 2025