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PRO FARMER CROP TOUR: Record Yield Predictions in Corn and Soybeans

PRO FARMER CROP TOUR: Record Yield Predictions in Corn and Soybeans

Andy PetersenAug 26, 2024

Record yields on both row crops. That’s the final estimate from Pro Farmer’s Annual Crop Tour. 181.1 bushels per acre on corn…

USDA Makes Payments to Producers Impacted by Hurricane Debby

USDA Makes Payments to Producers Impacted by Hurricane Debby

NAFB News ServiceAug 26, 2024

The USDA announced the counties that have triggered for payment under the Hurricane Insurance Protection-Wind Index endorsement for Hurricane Debby.…

Changing Weather Can Mean Increasing Disease Pressure

Changing Weather Can Mean Increasing Disease Pressure

Chad SmithAug 26, 2024

Many growers have seen a shift from drought conditions to periods of heavy rain and flooding. That shift could lead…

Leftwich: Time for Animal Ag to Push Back Against Activism

Leftwich: Time for Animal Ag to Push Back Against Activism

Mike DavisAug 26, 2024

There are plenty of people who don’t like any form of animal agriculture. Joel Leftwich, chief strategy officer for the…

Peanuts Fared Well Through TS Debby

Peanuts Fared Well Through TS Debby

Mike DavisAug 23, 2024

It’s typical when we get a hurricane or a tropical storm to come through that right behind it, we get…

Quick & Dirty Way to Calculate On-Farm Storage Costs

Quick & Dirty Way to Calculate On-Farm Storage Costs

Mike DavisAug 23, 2024

Just because a farmer has a bin doesn’t mean it should be used. There are reasons to do so during…

Troxler Announces over $1.6 Million in Specialty Crop Research

Troxler Announces over $1.6 Million in Specialty Crop Research

NCDA and CSAug 23, 2024

Nine NCSU research projects awarded funding RALEIGH – Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced today that nine research projects that focus…

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Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Friday August 23

Mike DavisAug 23, 2024

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Market is…

PRO FARMER CROP Tour: Day Three Results as Expected

PRO FARMER CROP Tour: Day Three Results as Expected

Andy PetersenAug 22, 2024

 The corn and soybean crops in Illinois are as advertised, according to Pro Farmer Scouts on Day Three of Crop…