The National Agricultural Statistics Service recently released an update on crop conditions and production estimates. It seems to be shaping up to be an average year production wise for many crops.

Canada has expelled a top-ranking Indian diplomat over concerns that the Indian government may have been complicit in the killing of a Canadian citizen in British Columbia. Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C., on June 18. Nijjar, a supporter of an independent Sikh homeland, had been branded a […]

Crop insurance is an important risk management tool that keeps America’s farmers growing after disaster and helps protect our national food security. With Congress deliberating on a Farm Bill, National Crop Insurance Services visited farmers in the field to hear their stories. Farmers agree: crop insurance must be protected and strengthened. In California, National Crop […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Corn and beans continue to trade range bound with nothing to push them into a new range so far. Harvest continues to pick up steam. Market will also look to the USDA stocks report coming out Friday Sept […]

A recent Rabobank report says competition between major exporters has intensified in the global pork trade, meaning the competitive landscape will continue shifting in the years ahead. Low-cost producers like Brazil and the U.S. will likely have an advantage, while Europe’s position is expected to weaken following increasing market and regulatory requirements concerning animal welfare […]

American farmers and ranchers were in Washington, D.C., September 17-22, to state their opposition to the EATS Act. The Ending Agriculture Trade Suppression Act was introduced by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS). Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC) is a co-sponsor in the House. Groups like the Organization for Competitive Markets, Competitive Markets […]

The Environmental Working Group hosted a press conference with different organizations opposed to raising farmer support in the next farm bill. Josh Sewell, senior policy analyst with Taxpayers for Common Sense, says there’s no need to boost farm subsidies. “I think this is especially true as the farm sector is not in crisis. The USDA […]

At 206.7 bushels an acre, that’s a good corn yield for most farms, but for one Georgia farmer, it’s a new soybean yield record. Alex Harrell of southern Georgia explains how he achieved the record. “A lot of planning and applications. Last year we had corn on this field, we harvested the corn off, and […]

There was a crisis in farm country, and it’s not in the field: It’s in the minds of many farmers, a stress crisis that has perhaps gone unchecked for a very long time. Dr. Robin Tutor Marcom is director of the North Carolina Agromedicine Institute. I caught up with her as she attended a conference […]

Republican Congressman David Rouzer from North Carolina’s Seventh District told Agri-Pulse he has a lot of producer-centric priorities heading into the Farm Bill writing process. Strengthening that safety net. And of course when we do our visits all around the country, our ag Farm Bill listening sessions, adjusting that reference price is seems to be […]