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USDA Announces Expedited Congressionally Mandated Disaster Assistance for Farmers

USDA Announces Expedited Congressionally Mandated Disaster Assistance for Farmers

USDAJul 10, 2025

(Washington, D.C., July 9, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today that agricultural producers who suffered eligible crop…

Flamingos are stirring up trouble and ravaging rice for risotto in Italy’s northeast

Flamingos are stirring up trouble and ravaging rice for risotto in Italy’s northeast

By NICCOLÒ LUPONE Associated Press JOLANDA DI SAVOIA, Italy (AP) — An unusual pest is ravaging crops and irking farmers…

NC Commissioner Troxler: Peanut Grading Job Fairs

NC Commissioner Troxler: Peanut Grading Job Fairs

Mike DavisJul 8, 2025

The department’s Cooperative Grading Service is looking to hire peanut graders for the upcoming peanut season. Twelve peanut grading job…

Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday July 8

Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday July 8

Brooks SchafferJul 8, 2025

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

SC Commissioner Weathers: New Ag Expo Coming to Clemson Next Week

SC Commissioner Weathers: New Ag Expo Coming to Clemson Next Week

Mike DavisJul 8, 2025

The inaugural Tri-State Ag Expo is happening in Clemson SC on July 16 and 17 and Commissioner Weathers is here…

TS Chantal Brings Field Flooding to Central NC

TS Chantal Brings Field Flooding to Central NC

Mike DavisJul 7, 2025

North Carolina farmers and others are without power and many have been displaced from their homes after getting pounded by…

Flooding from Chantal’s remnants forces dozens to flee homes in North Carolina

Flooding from Chantal’s remnants forces dozens to flee homes in North Carolina

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Heavy rain and flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal forced dozens of people to flee…

USDA Releases Marketing Assistance Funds for Specialty Crop Growers

USDA Releases Marketing Assistance Funds for Specialty Crop Growers

Chad SmithJul 7, 2025

America’s specialty crop growers often face challenges that are unique to their segment of agriculture. John Walt Boatright, director of…

Newhouse: Now is the Right Time to Fix the H2A Program for Good

Newhouse: Now is the Right Time to Fix the H2A Program for Good

Mike DavisJul 7, 2025

One day it’s off, and then the next it’s back on. That’s been President Trump’s stand on immigration enforcement on…