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Loss of U.S. Growers Concerning

Loss of U.S. Growers Concerning

Mike DavisMay 8, 2024

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack has been bemoaning the fact that the US has lost a tremendous number of farms and…

Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday May 7

Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday May 7

Brooks SchafferMay 7, 2024

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

NC Commissioner Troxler: 15th Annual Got to Be NC Festival Coming to State Fairgrounds May 17-19

NC Commissioner Troxler: 15th Annual Got to Be NC Festival Coming to State Fairgrounds May 17-19

Mike DavisMay 7, 2024

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has big plans for May 17-19 at the Got to Be NC…

SC Commissioner Weathers: Planting Intentions

SC Commissioner Weathers: Planting Intentions

Mike DavisMay 7, 2024

At the start of April, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released the planting intentions for South Carolina for 2024 and…

Keeping Nitrogen in the Corn Root Zone

Keeping Nitrogen in the Corn Root Zone

Chad SmithMay 7, 2024

As growers prepare for spring nitrogen applications, it’s important to keep their investment in nitrogen fertilizer in the soil where…

West Coast Ag Stakeholders Readying for More Policy Battles

West Coast Ag Stakeholders Readying for More Policy Battles

Mike DavisMay 7, 2024

Ideas, whether good or bad, seem to flow from west to east. Thus here on the Short Rows, we like…

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NCDA&CS Lifts Isolation of HPAI-Positive Dairy Herd after Herd Tests Negative

NCDA and CSMay 6, 2024

RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has lifted the quarantine of a HPAI-positive dairy herd after…

Farm Bill Updates Released

Farm Bill Updates Released

Chad SmithMay 6, 2024

House Agriculture Committee Chair G.T. Thompson and Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow released overviews of their respective committee’s version of…

Taking Conservation and a Solid ‘Land Ethic’ Around the Nation

Taking Conservation and a Solid ‘Land Ethic’ Around the Nation

Mike DavisMay 6, 2024

The Sand County Foundation is a national organization supporting voluntary conservation on working lands through ethics, science, and incentives. Homer…