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Food Security is National Security. Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow opening up a special hearing the other day to explore how foreign ownership of us farmland and food related companies might be a threat to national security, and if so, what to do about it. It’s an interesting, controversial issue and we’ll hear more […]

from SCDA As the weather cools, farms across South Carolina are welcoming visitors onto their farms with a variety of fun and educational fall events. “Agritourism continues to grow in South Carolina, and fall is a perfect time for people to get out and experience it,” said Jackie Moore, agritourism marketing specialist at the South […]

The N.C. State Fair runs Oct. 12-22 and we have been busy preparing and getting the fairgrounds ready to welcome everyone to Raleigh. This year’s theme is Best.Day.EVER! and we want to make that so for fair visitors.

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. The September stocks report has a history of dealing the market surprises but despite what it seemed like after looking at the market closes on Friday, the stocks report did not hold any major surprises. Corn stocks came […]

October 2, 2023 — Paul Siegel’s coworkers definitely have left their marks on him. “They’re not all kind to me,” said Siegel. “They may depend on me for their food and water, and you know some of them are nice, but every so often they can take a chunk out. I got the scars to […]

Last week’s Cattle on Feed report offered no major surprises beyond the slow pace of liquidation, according to Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist Dr. Derrell Peel. “No big surprises in this report. We had marketings in the month of August down six percent, 94 percent of last year, placements were 95 percent of […]

A man who’s known for helping put the Holstein cattle breed on a new path now has a scholarship fund that’s named in his memory. Holstein Association USA’s Bob Cervera reports on the first-ever “George Miller Memorial Scholarship” awarded during the latest National Holstein Convention in Lexington, Kentucky. It’s named after a man who was […]

The September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report indicates tighter soybean supplies for the year ahead, leading to stronger prices. Mac Marshall, United Soybean Board vice president of market intelligence, says that stems from USDA lowering the 2024 soybean yield expectation. “What everyone was looking for is what the soybean yield for the ’23 […]

from the office of Rep. Don Davis (D-NC-01) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) joined a bipartisan majority to oppose H.R. 4368, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2024, which failed 191-237. “The Agriculture Appropriations bill drastically falls short of providing the crucial support needed by our […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Markets continue to tread water this week with nothing to push us out of the current trading ranges. Harvest continues at a rapid pace in the Midwest due to extremely dry soils. The rain that has fallen in […]