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Having clean fields as corn plants emerge will get that crop off to the best possible start. Phil Krieg, an agronomy service representative with Syngenta, says those early-season weeds fundamentally alter corn growth right from the beginning. “Early-season weed control means everything to yield. When we look at all of the trialing we do at […]

US longshoreman reached a contract agreement with ports and shippers earlier this month, averting a potential strike that could have damaged the American economy and hurt agriculture. Mike Steenhoek is executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition and says he’s pleased to see the agreement. “One of the realities that I try to underscore as […]

Save Family Farming is working on a second documentary that will focus on the workers behind ag production. Titled “Farming on the Brink,” Executive Director Ben Tindall says it will be out soon and focuses on a Washington farmer who is facing do-or-die decisions related to labor. “And the need and desire to make sure […]

Long-time USDA Chief Information Officer Gary Washington was named the Acting Secretary of the USDA. Washington has been the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s CIO for almost seven years and a government employee since 1997. Washington was also the CIO for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Washington spent […]

BUCYRUS, Ohio (AP) — As the future of social media platforms such as TikTok remains unknown, a younger generation of farmers is relying on social media to connect with audiences outside agriculture. For some farm influencers, revenue from social media platforms can augment income from farming and can help them connect with audiences that want to better understand where their food comes from.

President Donald Trump didn’t impose tariffs against Mexico and Canada right away as he previously stated. Instead, Farm Policy News says President Trump is thinking about possible 25 percent duties on imports from the USA’s North American neighbors by February 1 because of illegal immigrants and fentanyl crossing into the U.S. Trump did direct federal […]

USDA’s December Hogs and Pigs Report put the December 1 inventory at 75.8 million head. That’s down about a percentage point from the previous quarter but up a half percent from last year. University of Missouri Agricultural Economist Jason Franken says it was the size of the September through November pig crop that captured the trade’s […]

Brooke Rollins is scheduled to get her day before the Senate Ag Committee on Thursday as she prepares to be confirmed as President Trump’s secretary of Agriculture. Ray Starling is the general counsel for the North Carolina Chamber, and served as chief of staff to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue under the previous Trump administration, and […]

South Carolina recently announced its new class of 2025 SC Chef Ambassadors and Ag Commissioner Hugh Weathers is here to tell us more about them and the program. Commissioner:

The North American beef cattle herd size is at a 40-year low, after several years of drought and feed shortages in primary cattle regions have taken a heavy toll on cow and heifer numbers. While cattle producers are seeing record-high prices, the beef processing sector is struggling. An official with the Canadian Cattle Association says […]