Category Archives: Top Agriculture News

NC Commissioner Troxler: HPAI Returns to the State
Following positive confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial layer operation last week, NCDA&CS and the State Vet urges poultry farmers to remain vigilant with biose...
Curtis Media Jan 14, 2025

Dairy Industry Facing Uncertainty in Early 2025
Voting has wrapped up on whether to approve the new Federal Milk Marketing Orders. Leonard Polzin is the dairy markets and policy outreach specialist at the University of Wisconsin."Ballots have to be...
Curtis Media Jan 14, 2025

SC Commissioner Weathers: Certified SC Showcase Registration is Live
Tickets are available now for the 4th annual Certified SC Showcase. Here is Commissioner Weathers to tell us more.Commissioner:We're excited to announce that registration for the 2025 Certified ...
Curtis Media Jan 13, 2025

Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday January 14
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.Friday's USDA report was a real bullish surprise for corn and soybeans. The ...
Curtis Media Jan 13, 2025

USDA Provides Farmers with a ‘Gift’ in Friday’s Reports
Friday’s combined World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report along with its final Crop Production estimates for 2024 provided some surprises for corn and soybeans Brooks Schaffer is a...
Curtis Media Jan 10, 2025

U.S. to Rebuild Bird Flu Vaccine Stockpile
The USDA will begin rebuilding its bird flu vaccine stockpile to make it match the current strain of the virus running through commercial flocks and wild birds. The Centers for Disease Control and Pre...
Curtis Media Jan 10, 2025

Winter Weather Headed for North Carolina Today
As they say in farm country, looks like we’re going to get some weather and to talk to us about that. Corey Davis, Assistant State Climatologist for North Carolina. Now, parts of the country had...
Curtis Media Jan 09, 2025

Will the U.S. Beef Herd Expand in 2025?
The new year brings continued questions about possible U.S. beef herd expansion. Scott Varilek of KKV Trading says it's tough to hold back heifers to begin that expansion when those heifers bring good...
Curtis Media Jan 09, 2025

Growers Unsure What to Expect From Ag Secretary Nominee Rollins
With the new year underway, a new president to be sworn in soon, and a new cabinet, many in agriculture are wondering what to expect from Ag Secretary nominee Brooke Rollins.National Potato Council CE...
Curtis Media Jan 09, 2025

Farming and wildfire tech is on display at CES as companies showcase their green innovations and initiatives
By RIO YAMAT Associated PressLAS VEGAS (AP) - When Russell Maichel started growing almonds, walnuts and pistachios in the 1980s, he didn’t own a cellphone. Now, a fully autonomous tractor drives...
Curtis Media Jan 09, 2025
