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This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Corn and soybeans have managed to put together a few positive closes in a row. Planting continues to progress faster than the five year average. The funds have been massive sellers of corn, soybeans and wheat the […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina House has advanced another Hurricane Helene funding package to address pressing needs in the mountains eight months after the storm. The chamber approved a $465 million spending plan unanimously on Thursday. It’s about half what Democratic Gov. Josh Stein requested from the Republican-controlled General Assembly earlier this week. Republican lawmakers had been working on their package before Stein’s pitch. The General Assembly already has provided $1.6 billion in Helene recovery funding. But the needs are many times greater, and federal funds have been slow in reaching western North Carolina. The bill now heading to the Senate includes a business grant program.

The USDA’s cotton projections for 2025-2026 indicate a decrease in global production when compared to the previous marketing year. World cotton production is projected at 117.8 million bales in 2025-2026, nearly three percent, or 3.3 million bales, below 2024-2025, but among the largest crops of the last several years. Projections for the biggest cotton-producing countries […]

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (May 22, 2025) – A dynamic team of graduate researchers from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University captivated judges and attendees with their a sustainable, next-generation wound dressing innovation called Woundra at the 2025 Innovation Venture Expo. Designed to address both clinical and agricultural health challenges, Woundra combines the healing power […]

Grilling Season 2025 officially kicks off this weekend, and Memorial Day cookouts will fill neighborhoods with the smell of hot charcoal and grilled meats. But how much will that outdoor feast cost this year? Rabobank has released its annual Barbecue Index, and Senior Consumer Foods Analyst Tom Bailey says inflation has taken this year’s prices […]

How might US Forest Service pathologist Martin McKenzie be described? This California-based researcher is recognized as and acknowledges titles like professional observer. “Anybody else standing here would probably look at this stand and see the beautiful ponderosa and the wonderful incense cedar, but I see a dead spire in the distance.” Tree Doctor specializing in… […]

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins issued a suite of proposals intended to support small family farms across rural America. John Walt Boatright, director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, says this is a critical time to support all agriculture, but particularly small farms. “We all know the farm economy is not doing quite […]

COLUMBIA – Thirteen entrepreneurs will share $200,000 in funding for their agribusiness ventures through the South Carolina Department of Agriculture’s Agribusiness Center for Research and Entrepreneurship (ACRE). Finalists for ACRE’s Advanced Entrepreneurship Program were scored by a panel of judges based on their business plans, a five-minute video presentation and a demonstrated history of business success. They […]

China is one of the world’s biggest suppliers of fertilizer. However, China has pulled back in recent years on the amount of exports, preferring to keep more on hand for domestic use. “Every time we see updated operating rates in China, they remain extremely high, which means that the product is being produced in-country. And […]

Senator Deb Fischer, a member of the Senate Ag Committee, reintroduced her Precision Ag Package. The package contains three pieces of legislation that will help America’s producers harness the full potential of precision agriculture. Fischer hopes these bills get included in the next farm bill. “First of all, we’ve got to get a farm bill […]