Top Agriculture News

Is the U.S. cattle industry about to rebuild the herd? Industry experts are watching for signs that expansion is underway. Brittney Goodrich, an agricultural economist at the University of Illinois, offers her thoughts on where the current cattle cycle is at. “We’re at what I would say is the end of the previous cattle cycle, […]

The dairy on beef cross is gaining steam in the cattle market. Mike North, president of the producer division at Ever Dot Ag, said dairy is in a great position to take that over. If you look at the animals that we are producing in this space, you have an opportunity to produce a consistent […]

Farmers today face more decisions than ever, but now they don’t have to make decisions alone. The John Deere Operations Center is a single secure platform that lets you set up, plan, monitor, analyze, and share your farm data anytime and anywhere.  Ryan Stien, go-to-market manager for digital products with John Deere, talks about why the […]

Taking a drive, this fall to a forest park or scenic byway, near or far, to observe the beauty of trees transforming colors from green to all sorts of shades of red, yellow and orange. Cynthia Domenghini looks at this phenomenon not just from an artistic perspective. “It’s actually quite interesting to study why leaves […]

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina farmers and agricultural producers are set to receive more than $400 million in federal assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), as part of a series of initiatives aimed at helping the state recover from natural disasters and strengthen its agricultural economy. In a keynote address at the Ag […]

One commodity market analyst said there are signs this government shutdown may last longer than previous ones. Arlan Suderman, the chief commodities analyst for StoneX, talked about the potential economic impact. The longest one in my memory is December 2018 into January 2019, and it went 35 days. That cost our U.S. economy $3 billion, […]

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Last week we had a lot of new info to trade and at least something to talk about. This week, not so much. The government shutdown enters the sixth day. We did not get the CFTC commitment […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative Don Davis is calling on top federal officials to take swift action to support North Carolina’s flue-cured tobacco farmers, who are facing significant financial hardship after the abrupt halt of exports to China. In a letter sent this week to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, […]

A lot has been said about California’s Prop 12 and the impact it’s having on the nation’s pork producers. Joe Maxwell, co-founder and chief strategy officer for Farm Action, says independent hog farmers are being excluded from the ongoing Prop 12 debate in Congress. “I think what’s unfortunate in this country is that if you’ve […]

A connection between irrigation surface water and potential microbial contaminants could create a foodborne illness. Cases of such bacteria on leafy vegetables almost 50 years ago found irrigation water providing pathways for microbes. But as USDA researcher Yakov Pachepsky recalls, congressional and federal establishment of standards for microbes from a food safety perspective led to […]