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Modernizing the Federal Milk Marketing Orders is an important topic of conversation in the U.S. dairy industry. However, the organic dairy industry says the FMMOs are in desperate need of changes. Adam Warthesen, director of government and industry affairs for the Organic Valley Cooperative in Wisconsin, says organic milk doesn’t fit into the four classes […]

We are in hurricane season and that means farms and residents need to be sure they have an emergency response plan and be ready to activate it quickly. The destruction caused by the recent tornado that traveled through Nash and Edgecombe counties is a very tangible reminder that emergencies often come with very little warning.

The South Carolina Commissioner’s School for Agriculture was held last week at Clemson University. Commissioner Hugh Weathers joins me to talk about why it’s so important.