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After an open start to the fall harvest season, mild, wet weather has set in for much of central and eastern Canada. Soybean harvest has pretty well wrapped up in Ontario and Quebec, but many central regions and eastern regions are waiting for colder temperatures so that final corn acres can be harvested on the […]

Corey Davis, climatologist with the State Climate Office of North Carolina, We were talking a week ago about this rain event that was coming in and we were talking an inch or more of rain across the Carolinas looked really promising the week I think we got some farmers excited and then what happened this […]

Texas welcomes more visitors near Big Bend, but locals worry the water won’t last; those dependent on Colorado’s Dolores River fear the same, but have found common ground solutions; and a new film highlights historical healthcare challenges in rural Appalachia.

The US Department of Agriculture on Wednesday announced updates to the Federal Crop Insurance Program affirming the use of USDA conservation practices as Good Farming Practices for crop insurance. Recently, USDA’s Risk Management Agency updated the Good Farming Practices Handbook, as part of the agency’s broader efforts to support conservation and climate-smart activities as well […]

A recent visit to South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, an 1890 land grant institution, gave Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack opportunity to explain efforts of the past three years to improve equity and diversity within USDA. For starters, we established an Equity Commission where a number of folks gave us over 60 recommendations about how […]

North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler filed for reelection on Tuesday. Troxler was first elected to the office in 2004 and took office in February 2005. He agreed to an exclusive interview with SFN to explain why he wants to run for a sixth term. I think there are a couple of reasons. I’ve […]

The Department of Agriculture released its quarterly outlook for U.S. agricultural trade. AFBF Senior Government Affairs Director Dave Salmonsen says the data projects a decrease in exports and an increase of agricultural imports in 2024. “For this year, 2023, agricultural exports have come in at about $179 billion and imports at about 195 billion. So, […]

A group of lawmakers this week expressed concerns regarding the Department of Agriculture’s requirements for the Emergency Relief Program. In a letter to USDA, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) led the effort saying USDA’s 2022 Emergency Relief Program requirements are misguided and losing sight of the relief program’s intent outlined by […]

For the second month, farmer sentiment improved as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer climbed five points. November’s 12-point rise in the Current Conditions Index to a reading of 113 was primarily responsible for this month’s sentiment improvement as the Index of Future Expectations only improved by two points. Both sub-indices exceeded their year-ago […]

As dairy calves travel from the home farm to calf ranch, the stress of the move, contact with new animals, and a new environment can lead to respiratory disease. Dr. Joe Gillespie, DVM with Boehringer-Ingelheim, talks about how metaphylaxis can be a useful tool in controlling bovine respiratory disease or pneumonia in young calves. “Metaphylaxis […]