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Drone usage in agriculture has continued to increase in recent years, over 3 million acres sprayed by these unmanned aircraft in 2023 alone, but legislation making its way through Congress seeks to effectively ban Chinese made DJI drones in the US due to security risks posed to farmers and ranchers. Arthur Erickson is CEO of […]

The really good times came in 2022 when the price of corn averaged $6.54 a bushel and soybeans $14.20. University of Illinois agricultural economist Gary Schnitkey says both numbers are way above what the University of Illinois has shown to be the current era’s long-term plateau prices of $4.55 and $11.00. “Whenever we’ve had sort […]

Each year, members of Congress take time during the month of August to return to their home districts and hear directly from constituents. Cody Lyon, managing director of advocacy and political affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the August recess is an important time in the political process. “August recess is a phrase […]

Quite a change in our forecast, quite a change in what we’ve seen weather wise over the past couple of weeks from the previous month, and I’m talking with Corey Davis from the State Climate Office of North Carolina. Corey, let’s start off with some of the amazing rain that we have seen, the rain […]

The USDA released its recommendations for modernizing the Federal Milk Marketing Orders in early July. Stephen Cain, senior director of economic research and analysis for the National Milk Producers Federation, talks about his initial reaction to the proposal. “Overall, we’re very pleased with the recommendations that USDA has come up with. We put a lot […]

Dr. Ron Heiniger is a professor at NC State and corn specialist with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. “We’re seeing this corn crop try to recover a little bit, now that we’ve got a little bit of rain in the last week across the coastal plain and and Tidewater area, some corn that certainly […]

USDA’s initial recommendations for modernizing the Federal Milk Marketing Orders came out on July 1. Erica Maedke, vice president of insights at Ever.Ag, talks about some of the potential challenges in those recommendations. “I do think one of the challenges that USDA had to address was make-allowances. We haven’t updated it in 24 years. Clearly, […]

The Real Pork Trust Consortium is a team of academia striving to listen to and answer consumer questions about pork and pork production. Nick Gabler is an animal science professor at Iowa State University. He talks about the Real Pork Consortium and what it addresses. “There are spectrums of concern with regard to how pork is […]

South Carolina Ag Commissioner Hugh Weathers now finds himself with added duties, and he joins me now to talk about that, and I understand that as a result of the working ag lands bill that was signed by Governor McMaster back in March, you now sit on the board of the South Carolina conservation bank. […]

You would expect the competition to be extra strong for the N.C. State Fair, after all it represents the best of the best of North Carolina, so people start planning early on what they intend to enter at the Fair. Competition entries are being accepted now through Sept. 15 for those planning to compete in […]