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USDA recently announced disaster-related funding for events that occurred in 2022 through the Emergency Relief Program. American Farm Bureau Federation Economist Danny Munch explains. “The new ERP program is a continuation of the previous ERP which covered qualifying losses from 2021 and 2020. This new one will add an additional $3.74 billion in ad hoc […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Corn has drifted lower making new lows for the month of October. However, despite a very fast harvest pace, the national corn basis has held steady although locally in the southeast the big local crop pushed basis levels […]

Climatologist Corey Davis Joining me now, and boy fall has sprung! I know that’s not the saying, but it certainly feels like fall now with our first freeze event has taken place so we can we can draw that line on the calendar huh? That’s right, Mike, and it was really right in time for […]

After a lengthy drought, some parts of the Upper Midwest have turned wet, but only in spots. Dennis Todey, director of the Midwest Climate Hub, says fall is typically a time when Midwest farm country sees more rain. “By the time you get around to the fall, crops will stop growing, Plants have stopped using […]

Rural Americans in battleground states stress kitchen table concerns in new polling, a social media drive is raising money to keep a Pennsylvania hospital afloat, and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and the Lakota Music Project bridge a cultural divide.

The holidays offer a great time to spread the word about pork, according to Kevin Sheehan, Senior Director of Processing and Engagement at the National Pork Board. Sheehan talks about pork options for families during the holiday season. “Pork is of tremendous value to families to help them stretch their dollar whether they are buying […]

Cattle producers have yet to pull the trigger when it comes to herd expansion, according to Kansas State University Extension Livestock Market Economist Dr. Glynn Tonsor, who outlines the picture from last month’s Cattle on Feed report. “Heifer inventory was up one percent versus the year before, and heifers composed 40 percent of the total […]

Narrow operating windows make maximizing productivity essential during planting and harvest, regardless of farm size. Dave Brennan, planter marketing manager for Case IH, talks about why Case IH added the smaller Early Riser planters to their portfolio. “We’ve had a premium technology offering in our planters since the launch of the 2000 series Early Riser […]

USDA released a bearish Cattle on Feed report in October, showing cattle on feed at 11.5 million head, the second-highest figure on record. Bernt Nelson, American Farm Bureau Federation Economist, explains what this means for cattle markets going forward. “We have a lot of cattle that are being placed on feed, and a very high […]

Glenn Smith is a farmer in western Iowa, which has had one of its hottest, driest growing seasons in a very long time. Mother Nature very stingy with rain in that part of the country this year. They have had some good open weather for harvesting. And Glenn and his family have been super busy […]