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National Farmers Market Week is Aug. 3-9, 2025. Gov. McMaster issued a proclamation recognizing this week in South Carolina. American farmers receive about 15.9 cents of every dollar Americans spend on food, according to USDA ERS. Selling at markets improves that share. Farmers markets also act as small-business incubators. Markets offer a great opportunity to meet the […]

This week, Aug. 3-9, marks the 26th National Farmers Week celebrating the work of farmers and market venues that support local economies and healthy communities. Farmers Markets across the state offer consumers access to fresh, local fruits, vegetables, meats and food products.   

“Remote Ranching” is a new and growing thing in rural America. Dr. Maria Silveira, director of research at the Noble Research Institute, talks about ranching via technology. “Virtual fencing is one of the tools that you can use to manipulate your cow herd from your computer. So, it allows you to graze where and when […]

By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday night to uphold a lower court’s temporary order blocking the Trump administration from conducting indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in Southern California. A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held a hearing Monday afternoon at which […]

Horticulture researcher Guochen Yang, Ph.D., has spent four decades promoting better health, better crops and instructing the next generation of horticultural scientists. Now, he has achieved “legendary” status, according to his peers.  Yang, a professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design, has been named a 2025 horticultural legend, or “HortLegend,” by the American Society […]

I can’t hold back, Corey, I’ve got to let folks know there is relief in sight. Before we start talking about how hot it’s been, and we all know how hot it’s been, the good news is it seems to be coming to an end today. Corey Davis, of course, my guest from the State […]

The 2018 farm bill provided a legal pathway for the production of hemp in the United States. This summer, researchers at the University of Illinois held a Hemp Research Open House. David Lakeman from the Illinois Department of Agriculture kicked off the event. “Illinois is almost perfectly designed for hemp production. One of the things […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today introduced the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Improvement and Flexibility Act. The legislation would bolster CRP by improving access to grazing, maximizing enrollment options for producers, and expediting emergency haying in response to drought and other weather-related disaster events. “Ensuring that […]

Union Pacific will buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in a deal worth $85 billion. U.P. says this would create the first coast-to-coast freight rail operator in the U.S. Reuters said, if approved, the deal would be the largest buyout in the sector’s history. It would combine Union Pacific’s tracks in the western two-thirds of the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says there will be a 90-day negotiating period with Mexico over trade as 25% tariffs stay in place. Trump posted online Thursday a phone conversation with Claudia Sheinbaum was “very successful in that, more and more,” they’re “getting to know and understand each other.” Trump says goods from Mexico imported into the U.S. will continue to face a 25% tariff he has ostensibly linked to fentanyl trafficking. The Republican president says autos face a 25% tariff, while copper, aluminum and steel are taxed at 50%. Trump had threatened tariffs of 30% on goods from Mexico, something Sheinbaum says Mexico gets to stave off for the next three months.