Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
Brooke L. Rollins Sworn in as 33rd U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 13, 2025 - Brooke Rollins was sworn in as the 33rd U.S. Secretary of Agriculture by Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Clarence Thomas in a private ceremony Thursday at...
Feb 14, 2025
Aside from Livestock, Farm Prices May Continue to Founder
The economists continue to paint a rather bleak picture for farm prices in 2025. Dr. Nick Piggott is a professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at NC State University, and he expects prices to...
Feb 13, 2025
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Friday February 14
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.My catch phrase for the month of February may be the roller coaster continue...
Feb 13, 2025
Rain: Ask and Ye Shall Receive
We needed rain. We got rain, and we’re still getting rain. I’m Mike Davis talking with Corey Davis from the state climate office of North Carolina. Corey, over the last several weeks, you&...
Feb 13, 2025
Trump signs a plan for reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners, ushering in economic uncertainty
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday rolled out his plan to increase U.S. tariffs to match the tax rates that other countries charge on imports, possibly ...
Feb 13, 2025
Thune Leads Effort to Permanently Repeal the Death Tax
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today led 45 of his Senate colleagues, including Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and all four senators...
Feb 13, 2025
NCBA Congratulates Brooke Rollins on Confirmation as Secretary of Agriculture
WASHINGTON (February 13, 2025) - Today, National Cattleman's Beef Association (NCBA) Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane issued a statement congratulating Brooke Rollins on her...
Feb 13, 2025
Brooke Rollins confirmed as Trump's agriculture secretary as tariff fights loom
WASHINGTON (AP) - Brooke Rollins has been confirmed as secretary of agriculture. The Senate confirmed Rollins in a vote Thursday, placing a close ally of President Donald Trump into a key Cabinet posi...
Feb 13, 2025
Pollinators in Turf Grass and Best Management Practices
Pollinator habitat. What comes to mind? A flower bed, fruit or tree orchard, a corn or wheat field, wild flowers along the side of the road, a flowering bush…a lawn of turf grass?"There are some...
Feb 12, 2025
House Ag Committee Hearing Focuses on Farm Crisis
The House Ag Committee held a hearing on the economic crisis in farm country. Chair Glen “GT” Thompson of Pennsylvania says a crisis is exactly what hundreds of thousands of farm families ...
Feb 12, 2025