Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
Whitaker Named First Southeastern Female Farmer of the Year
A North Carolina grower has made history, becoming the first woman to be named the Sunbelt AgExpo Southeastern Farmer of the Year. Faylene Whitaker of Climax, North Carolina, has been farming since sh...
Oct 30, 2024
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday October 29
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.Friday's trade has fit the pattern of the last few weeks where we saw a lot ...
Oct 29, 2024
NC Commissioner Troxler: Nearly a Million Reasons the NC State Fair Was a Success
North Carolina Ag Commissioner Steve Troxler joining me now, and the North Carolina State Fair just in the rearview mirror, and oh so close to a million people through the turnstiles.“The final ...
Oct 29, 2024
WAFLA: H-2A Rule is ‘Government Overreach’
The Worker and Farmer Labor Association, along with several agricultural groups, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Labor to protect farmers from recently issued H-2A regulations.WAFLA CEO...
Oct 28, 2024
Apple, Pumpkin Harvest Suffering After Helene
The farmers impacted by Hurricane Helene continue to display their resiliency, and some of them made it to the North Carolina State Fair last week. Trey Enloe of Bright Branch Farms in Hendersonville ...
Oct 28, 2024
Canadian Hogs Migrating South
Canada exports more than 70 percent of its live hogs, and Ontario is Canada's largest producer of market-weight hogs, with the majority transported to the U.S. for processing. In late 2023, Olymel, on...
Oct 27, 2024
Specialty Crop Funding Will Help South Carolina Farmers
COLUMBIA - In August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $603,000 in funding awarded to South Carolina through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. Through this program, the South Carolin...
Oct 25, 2024
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Friday October 25
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.Monsoon season in Brazil has now started in earnest with virtually all the m...
Oct 25, 2024
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Friday October 25
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.Monsoon season in Brazil has now started in earnest with virtually all the m...
Oct 25, 2024
Drought Starting to Reappear in Carolinas
Dry conditions continue across the Carolinas, and now it is starting to show up on the Drought Monitor. To get details, I am talking with Corey Davis from the state climate office of North Carolina. W...
Oct 24, 2024