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Agriculture is big business in North Carolina, bringing in $100 billion to the state every year. But as labor costs on farms continues to climb, farmers across the area are trying to keep the prices in the grocery store from going up more this year. Lincoln County farmer Allen Davis tells WSOC… “I can’t eat […]

North and South Carolina are still feeling the effects of June’s flash drought. Recent rains have alleviated the effect for many crops, although the corn yield in many places has been decimated. Bob Etheridge is the executive director for the Farm Service Agency in North Carolina, and tells SFN’s Chris Edwards he doesn’t remember seeing […]

A unique August report from USDA chief economist Seth Meyer says what made this month’s crop production report significant is the addition of data sets previously submitted later in the year. “It’s a bigger month than it has been historically, and part of this is the move by NASS to introduce the FSA acreage earlier […]

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. We have had several sessions to digest USDA’s latest numbers now and there has not been much for the bulls to hang their hopes on. We have seen good news on the demand side this week in […]

This week’s USDA reports showed record-setting yields for corn and soybeans. The issue now may be that a big crop, with corn nationwide at 183.1 bushels an acre, could get even bigger if the weather holds through the end of the growing season. University of Illinois ag economist Joe Janzen has some thoughts on how […]

Twenty-three ag related businesses and 12 ag associations are in Bogota, Colombia this week as part of USDA trade mission there. It’s the second such mission to that South American nation, the seventh largest importer of US ag goods. Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor is leading the trip, and says […]

Two key USDA reports showed that U.S. farmers are set to produce a big crop this fall. Betty Resnick, an economist at the American Farm Bureau, says the production number looks especially good for soybeans. “Corn is projected have a record yield of 183.1 bushels an acre, up 3.3 from last year’s record and above […]

Varying weather conditions across rural America have opened the door for not one but multiple diseases to infest a growers’ field at once. However, it is possible to protect against a broad spectrum of diseases while maintaining a high yield potential. Brian Norton, an agronomic service representative with Syngenta, talks about weather conditions in his […]

Senate Ag Committee members Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Joni Ernst (R-IA) are asking the USDA to improve its process for foreign-owned farmland disclosures. A letter to the agency follows alleged inaccuracies posted online by the Farm Service Agency under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act. “It’s essential for the USDA to ensure […]

It’s no secret that agriculture is a dangerous occupation. The National Grain and Feed Association is celebrating Harvest Safety Week on August 19-23. Jess McCluer is vice president of safety for the National Grain and Feed Association. “The National Grain Feed Association is a national trade association that represents member companies that operate over 8,000 […]