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The Swine Health Information Center’s Wean-to-Finish Biosecurity Initiative focuses on strengthening biosecurity practices from weaning through marketing. Dr. Lisa Becton, SHIC (Shick) associate director, stated that the effort is a collaborative partnership among the National Pork Board, the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, and SHIC — all working together to help producers reduce disease […]

Anticipation derived from USDA’s first set of crop production and commodity supply and demand estimates since September. The November edition revealed findings that were not necessarily a surprise, as Patrick Boyle, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, reported for this year’s core crop: “A record high. 186 bushels per acre is down four-tenths of a percent, […]

RALEIGH – A turkey breeding operation in Wayne County has tested positive for High Path Avian Influenza. The positive sample was first identified by the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Veterinary Diagnostic Lab in Raleigh.  This is the first case of high path avian influenza in commercial poultry in North Carolina since January 2025. […]

Dr. William Wilson, a distinguished professor in the Agribusiness and Applied Economics Department at North Dakota State University, recently undertook a study of the global grain trade. The international grain trading industry has undergone significant and rapid changes during the last 50 years. He said the study took a fresh look at the competitiveness of […]

Recent comments from the Trump administration about the beef industry and its goal to lower consumer beef prices have had a major impact on the cattle markets. R-CALF United Stock Growers of America CEO Bill Bullard explains the market’s reaction. “What that indicated to us, what was a clear indication, was that the marketplace is […]

“We are just a couple of weeks away from the official end of the Atlantic hurricane season,” — Nov. 30, to be exact, according to USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey. Usually, those final weeks of the hurricane season are quiet. On occasion, a late November system turns into a tropical storm. It may come as a […]

Third quarter financials continue to reflect the bleak picture in farm country this year. Joe Mahon, Regional Outreach Director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, said their third quarter survey of agricultural bankers in the Fed’s Ninth District show cash flow is down. “Lenders told us that farm incomes decreased relative to a year […]

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Friday’s catch-up USDA report did not offer a lot for the bulls. USDA did lower corn yield, but not nearly as much as the market was hoping. It dropped corn yield seven-tenths of a bushel to 186.0 […]

Silencing phone scams is a big job because four billion robocalls are made to Americans every month, and the average individual receives 14 calls each week. In addition to being annoying and time-consuming, the constant ringing of the phone can be outright dangerous. Sean Voskuhl, director of the AARP in Oklahoma, said phone calls and text messages […]

With just two weeks left in the 2025 hurricane season, it appears the East Coast, and especially the Southeast, escaped the impact of a landfalling hurricane for the first time in a decade. Alex DaSilva, Lead Hurricane Expert with AccuWeather, says steering mechanisms like the Bermuda High played a role in sparing the Continental US. […]