The 2014 Farm Bill, signed by President Obama on Feb. 7, 2014, continues programs with modifications and authoriz-es several new programs administered by the Risk Manage-ment Agency (RMA). Please see this PDF for more details.
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Farm Bureau on Water Quality Trading: It’s Complicated
Managing nutrients is complicated and any water quality trading system must take this into consideration, the American Farm Bureau Federation told Congress today. Although Farm Bureau supports the concept of water quality trading, such programs should remain under state management…
Housing Disclosures Required by Wage & Hour Division
We have been visiting with Rick Blaylock, District Director of the US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division for North Carolina on some common problems found on farms. He is here to help those farmers side step these problems.…
Seed Funding to Save Hemlock Trees Allocated
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler has announced the allocation of seed funding for a new effort to restore North Carolina’s hemlock trees to long-term health. Hemlocks across Western North Carolina are being decimated by the hemlock woolly adelgid, an insect that…
NC Broiler & Fryer Processing Levels Off
At the livestock auction held Thursday at Smithfield a total of 617 cattle and no goats were sold. Slaughter cows trended $12.00 to $16.00 lower, feeder steers trended mixed, and heifers trended steady to $5.00 lower when compared to the…
Implementation of Farm Bill Programs Progressing
The ink has been dry on the 2014 farm bill for a few weeks now, and as State Director of the Farm Service Agency for North Carolina, Bob Etheridge points out, now is when the work really begins: “Not only…
NC State Economist Mike Walden: The Fed’s Plan
Host Mary Walden asks about the new Fed Chairperson Janet Yellen, who recently gave her first congressional testimony as head of the nation’s central bank. Mary asks her husband, N.C. State University economist Mike Walden, “Did Janet Yellen indicate what…
John Block’s Weekly Commentary: “FDA’s New Nutrition Label – Proposal to Demonize Sugar”
Hello everybody out there in farm country. This is Rick Frank sitting in for John Block. This radio commentary is brought to you by Monsanto, and John Deere. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy…
NCDA&CS offers Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is accepting grant proposals from nonprofits and government agencies through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. The program aims to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in the marketplace. It is managed…
NCDA Wraps Up Flavors of Carolina for 2014
Earlier this week, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture hosted their second Flavors of Carolina Food Show for the year in charlotte. The first show was earlier this month in Raleigh. Southern Farm Network’s Bob Midles spent some time with…
