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This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Yesterday November 9th USDA gave us updated supply and demand estimates. The November report is a big one because the market is still watching for adjustments to both the supply side from US yields and the demand side. […]

Last weekend, a former Michigan FFA President was named National FFA President during the last session of the 96th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis. “I just really feel blessed to be in this opportunity and I just would not be here if it wasn’t for those people back home in Michigan.”  That’s Amara […]

USDA’s latest report on foreign-owned farmland in the United States shows foreign investors own less than two percent of all land in the country. Danny Munch, American Farm Bureau Federation Economist, says foreign owners of farmland are required to report their investments by the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act. “USDA publishes the results from those […]

Rural versus urban stereotypes about religion don’t wash, according to a new study, President Biden barnstorms across rural America and Vermont takes a novel approach to dispense opioid overdose medicine through vending machines.

RALEIGH – Due to increased fire risk, the N.C. Forest Service has issued a ban on all open burning and has canceled all burning permits for Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Gaston, Graham, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain and Transylvania counties effective 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 5, until further notice. “Several counties in Western […]

Being a new farmer, trying to start out, that’s scary, from the investment market volatility, land prices, even trying to live up to what others are doing. The question becomes, who do I talk to first? Program Supervisor at the Wisconsin Farm Center Dan Bauer tells SFN the newly released Wisconsin beginning farmer resource guide […]

With harvest wrapping up farmers are looking at next year as attention turns to that upcoming crop. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says inflation is eating into the bottom line of farmers adding to that our record price increases in fertilizer. Grassley hopes to change that. He’s written to the Department of Commerce for years asking […]

The global pork trade saw productivity gains offset herd reduction efforts while margins remained under pressure. Those are some of the findings in the Rabobank Pork Quarterly Q4 Update. Christine McCracken, senior animal protein analyst, talks about some of the highlights in the report. “We talk about the growing global uncertainty and in pork markets […]

Connecting veterans with careers within the US Department of Agriculture. That is one of the many duties for Monshi Ramdass, USDA’s Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison. Part of the Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement under the Secretary’s Office, I help veterans and military spouses explore ways to live successful careers in agriculture by helping veterans […]

October 25 was no ordinary sale day at the Tri-County Stockyards. While cattle came through the ring and buyers placed their bids like any other Wednesday, the block was manned by 35 different auctioneers vying for top honors. The competitors from all over the U.S. battled it out for buckles, bragging rights. and the opportunity […]