Category Archives: Top Agriculture News
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
Late Soybean Planting in South America Causes Concern for Corn
Soybean planting is off to a slow start in parts of South America, and that could impact multiple crops. Dr. Michael Cordonnier, the president of Soybean and Corn Advisor, says the central part of Bra...
Oct 24, 2024
Farmland Market Action Slowing Late in 2024
The farmland market appears to be slowing as the calendar gets closer to the end of 2024. Tim Cobb of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers says things had been steady for most of...
Oct 23, 2024
A hurricane’s historic destruction hasn’t stopped North Carolina election workers and voters
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated PressHOT SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) - About three weeks after Hurricane Helene pummeled western North Carolina, the Hot Springs Community Center was still caked in mud....
Oct 23, 2024
Many Economists Believe Ag is in a Recession
Over half of the 70 ag economists surveyed in Farm Journal's Monthly Survey of Ag Economists believe the U.S. agriculture economy is in a recession. Seventy-five percent of the other economists believ...
Oct 23, 2024
An OutPOURING of Support for Hurricane-Damaged Breweries
The Southeast has moved from rescue to now, starting that long job of recovery and rebuilding post-Hurricane Helene. One of the industries closely tied to agriculture that took a direct hit was North ...
Oct 23, 2024
Turkey Production Down From 2023
USDA says turkey eggs in incubators in the United States as of October 1, 2024, were down nine percent from October 1 of last year. Eggs in incubators were down two percent from the September 1, 2024,...
Oct 18, 2024
Turkey Production Down From 2023
USDA says turkey eggs in incubators in the United States as of October 1, 2024, were down nine percent from October 1 of last year. Eggs in incubators were down two percent from the September 1, 2024,...
Oct 18, 2024
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Friday October 18
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.I have mentioned previously I was surprised at how well soybeans had held on...
Oct 18, 2024
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Friday October 18
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.I have mentioned previously I was surprised at how well soybeans had held on...
Oct 18, 2024