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Learning from ’23 for a Better ’24

Learning from ’23 for a Better ’24

Micheal ClementsJan 23, 2024

Agronomists spend a lot of time during the growing season in plots and scouting crops. Nebraska-based LG Seeds Agronomist Mark…

SC Commissioner Weathers: 2024 Chef Ambassadors

SC Commissioner Weathers: 2024 Chef Ambassadors

Mike DavisJan 23, 2024

South Carolina has three new Chef Ambassadors. Here’s Commissioner Hugh Weathers to tell us about it. We’re celebrating the 10th…

NC Commissioner Troxler: Specialty Crop Grant Program Proposals Now Being Accepted

NC Commissioner Troxler: Specialty Crop Grant Program Proposals Now Being Accepted

Mike DavisJan 23, 2024

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is accepting applications from nonprofits, commodity associations, state and local governments, academia…

National Potato Council to Host D.C. Fly-in

National Potato Council to Host D.C. Fly-in

Mike DavisJan 22, 2024

Standing up for potatoes on Capitol Hill—that’s what will be going on late next month when the National Potato Council…

Farm Lending Activity Remains Muted

Farm Lending Activity Remains Muted

NAFB News ServiceJan 20, 2024

New non-real estate farm lending activity at commercial banks continued to decline in the fourth quarter of 2023. The volume…

Illinois Tops U.S. Soybean Production in 2023

Illinois Tops U.S. Soybean Production in 2023

NAFB News ServiceJan 19, 2024

The National Agricultural Statistics Service estimates Illinois soybean farmers raised a U.S.-leading 648.9 million bushels on 10.3 million acres. Compared…

Carolinas Cold but Nearly Drought Free

Carolinas Cold but Nearly Drought Free

Mike DavisJan 19, 2024

I’m talking with Assistant State Climatologist Corey Davis from the State Climate Office of North Carolina. And you know, it…

Zuzolo: Surprises in Global Corn Production and Stocks

Zuzolo: Surprises in Global Corn Production and Stocks

Mike DavisJan 19, 2024

The January WASDE report showed a record level of U.S. corn production in 2023. Mike Zuzolo, president of Global Commodity…

The Yonder Report

The Yonder Report

An interesting twist could see a solar energy project replace a former Kentucky strip mine; a rural Colorado community won…