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The avian influenza outbreak in dairy cows has revealed a critical vulnerability at the intersection of animal health and public safety. Todd Gleason reports on how a set of North Dakota State University scientists have assessed the federal response to the latest outbreak and what else they believe might help contain it. H5N1, known as […]

The House Agriculture Committee has passed their version of the next five-year farm bill. Former House Agriculture Committee Chair and current member of the Committee Frank Lucas commented on the farm bill process recently. Lucas stated there is no need to rewrite the entire farm bill. “We did that in ’14 when I was Chairman. […]

WASHINGTON, DC – With the support of Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07), the House Committee on Agriculture approved H.R. 8467, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, commonly referred to as the Farm Bill. “The Farm, Food, and National Security Act will ensure our farm families can continue to produce the safest, most abundant food and fiber supply in the world,” said […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Don Davis (NC-01), Vice Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following statement after voting to report out of Committee favorably H.R. 8467, The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024.  “Farmers are facing the pressure from rising costs, and too many are left to decide whether to shut down […]

USDA’s May WASDE report is about reconciling what the balance sheets will look like for the forthcoming marketing year. That’s the assessment of Mac Marshall, the vice president of market intelligence for the United Soybean Board. He talks about what the May numbers mean for the soy market. “We know that the area figure that […]

More timely rains across North and South Carolina has put us in pretty good shape, that according to North Carolina assistant state climatologist Corey Davis, who joins me now. A couple of systems made their way through over the past week. Tell us about those, Corey. “Yeah Mike, starting last Wednesday, really, we’ve had a […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Wheat and soybeans remain the most volatile of the row crops. Wheat is still watching Russian weather. Private analysts are trying to get a handle on how much damage has been done and how it will affect the […]

A series of robust tariffs announced by President Joe Biden are aimed at China. The duties include a 25 percent duty on electric vehicle batteries and the critical minerals to make them, a 25 to 50 percent tariff on solar panels, a 50 percent tariff on semiconductors, and a 100 percent tariff on manufactured EV’s. […]

The markup for House Ag Committee Chair GT Thompson’s farm bill will move ahead on Thursday despite scores from the Congressional Budget Office that raise questions. The CBO says the scores provided don’t amount to offsets that would allow the bill to be budget-neutral. That term means it wouldn’t cost more than the current spending […]

The USDA is allocating $300 million to 66 organizations under the new Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (RAPP). Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the agency launched RAPP in October 2023 to expand marketing opportunities overseas for American agricultural commodities. “We authorized $1.2 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation funding to help American agricultural exporters diversify their footprint […]