RALEIGH – Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler has officially recommended to Gov. Roy Cooper that agricultural transportation waivers be implemented for the movement of livestock and agricultural products, paving the way for farmers to work ahead of the impending approach of Potential Tropical Cyclone 16. The agricultural transportation waivers do not require Council of State concurrence […]

You may remember the news headlines are started about 1516 years ago headlines about millions of bee colonies dying off or in some cases the bees just disappearing with the nation’s beekeepers losing 30 to 50% of their colonies every year. There was a lot of buzz about it for a few years. You don’t […]

The USDA is announcing a second round of payments for dairy producers through the Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program. The agency is providing an additional $5 million to help dairy producers mitigate market volatility, higher input and transportation costs, and unstable feed supply and prices that have created unique hardships in the organic dairy industry. […]

National Pork Producers Council Past President Randy Spronk testified at a House subcommittee hearing on reforming the generalized system of preferences to safeguard American supply chains and combat China. The U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) provided duty-free treatment of goods exported to America from developing countries before expiring in 2020. “American pork producers support […]

Coming up Saturday morning is the official start of astronomical fall. Let’s get a report card right now of where we stand as we head out of summertime with climatologist Corey Davis from the State Climate Office of North Carolina. How are things looking right now as you take a look at the map? Really […]

National Farmers Union welcomed legislation introduced this week in the House of Representatives that would ensure farmers can access what they need to repair equipment. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez introduced the Agricultural Right to Repair Act introduced the bill Wednesday. The Washington state Democrat introduced the bill to establish a comprehensive framework for the right […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Harvest pressure continues to weigh on the corn and bean markets. Even if the crop ends up being smaller than USDA’s last estimates as I believe it will, harvest is still going to put some pressure on the […]

An Indigenous project in South Dakota seeks to protect tribal data sovereignty, advocates in North Carolina are pushing back against attacks on public schools, and Arkansas wants the hungriest to have access to more fruits and veggies.

The House is still trying to pass a temporary spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. But deep divisions within the Republican Party are blocking progress on the measure. North Carolina Republican Congressman David Rouzer is a senior member of both the House Ag and infrastructure and transportation committees. And he told Agri-Pulse this week […]

A new policy proposal in Pennsylvania would mandate the increased use of electric vehicles in the state. It would replicate California’s Advance Clean Cars II policy and effectively ban the manufacturing of internal combustion engines by 2035. Bill Dunn, president of the Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s Association, says this proposed mandate should matter to everyone. “Number one, […]