USDA Designates 7 Counties in South Carolina as Primary Natural Disaster Areas With Assistance to Surrounding States WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2013 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated seven counties in South Carolina as primary natural disaster areas …

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If the cure for high prices is high prices, it certainly worked on cotton. South Carolina’s cotton growers have seen prices drop from $2 per pound about three years ago to around 80 cents per pound today. Meanwhile, worldwide cotton …

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Agricultural laborers would be on a separate path to U.S. citizenship than other undocumented workers in the immigration reforms proposed by eight senators on Monday that cited the importance of feeding America. Many of the 1.5 million farm workers employed …

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U.S. lean-hog futures finished mostly higher, with support from the near-term tightness of slaughter-ready supplies and steadily rising wholesale pork prices being offset by weakness in cattle futures. February lean-hog futures dropped 7 to 87.10, the April contract gained 57 …

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Murphy-Brown began an initiative for farmers to grow grain sorghum in 2012, and many producers jumped on that bandwagon, creating an explosion of sorts of the crop. Joe Szaloky, VP of procurement, strategic planning and business development at Murphy-Brown LLC …

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They’ll be celebrating a big birthday later this year, the North Carolina Tobacco Farm Life Museum in Kenly. Museum director Gayle Kildoyle: “We have a 6,000 sq. foot gallery plus seven other buildings on the grounds that visitors can see. …

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After seeing confirmation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) for January that wheat stocks are declining, market watchers turned their attention to the next crop. The news from the world's largest wheat …

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