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USDA’s Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing began Wednesday in Carmel, Indiana as dairy producers make their case for changes to the pricing program. The industry expects five to seven weeks of testimony and discussion on proposals to modernize the FMMO system. Following USDA’s initial presentations, the hearing will then launch into discussions of specific issues […]

The western leg of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour scouted corn and soybean fields in Western Iowa during day three. Leader Chip Flory said they cover three districts in Western Iowa. The corn yield estimate in District 1 was 182.5 bushels an acre, almost even with last year. The Corn District 4 yield estimate reached […]

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, under procedures within the U.S. Mexico-Canada Agreement, has established a dispute resolution panel regarding Mexico’s biotech corn bans. Dave Salmonsen, American Farm Bureau Federation Senior Government Affairs Director, explains. “This will deal with the issues brought up by Mexico’s decrees which seek to stop the import of U.S. […]

Major U.S. agriculture organizations sent letters to all 2024 presidential candidates asking them to prioritize trade. The letters encourage each candidate to prioritize new market access trade agreements to help strengthen U.S. ag and decrease reliance on China. Brian Kuehl, executive director of Farmers for Free Trade, says the U.S. has stood on the sidelines […]

Let’s go back almost exactly 18 years ago, August 29 of 2005. The place New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina slams into the city, Eighty percent of the city underwater. I can see multiple people up on their rooftop trying to get help people looting the supermarket, but I told you earlier today I didn’t think […]

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has resulted in the deaths of two South Carolina horses, according to State Veterinarian Michael J. Neault, Director of Clemson Livestock Poultry Health. The National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed the diagnosis on Monday, August 21, 2023. One horse was a two-year-old quarter horse gelding in Sumter County that was diagnosed with […]

Higher than last year, lower than USDA projections is where Pro Farmer Crop Tour Yield Estimates come in for the Indiana corn crop on Tuesday. Pro Farmer Editor and Eastern Leg Crop Tour Leader Brian Grete says they found an average yield in Indiana of 180.81 bushels per acre which included a couple surprises. “One […]

While Georgia is on many consumers’ minds when it comes to fresh peaches, California is by far the largest peach-producing state in the United States. USDA’s Economic Research Service reports that last year, California’s harvest yielded 475,000 tons of fruit, with South Carolina second at 67,400 tons, and Georgia in third place with production at […]

The Cotton Board recently elected a new slate of officers to serve one-year terms, including Rusty Darby of South Carolina as Treasurer. In addition to Darby, Mark Nichols, a cotton producer from Altus, Oklahoma, was elected to serve as Chairman of the Board. Nichols is the President of Jess Mark Nichols Farms, Inc. and President […]

Farmers for Free Trade this week implored all 2024 presidential candidates to prioritize new market access trade agreements to strengthen U.S. agriculture and decrease reliance on China. The organization also called on the presidential candidates to hold China accountable in a responsible manner that does not endanger U.S. food and agriculture’s largest export market or […]