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USDA’s Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing will continue following a recess through the Thanksgiving holiday. Peter Vitaliano, National Milk Producers Federation Vice President of Economic Policy & Market Research, says the hearing is making progress. “We’re in the last topic of five topics. It is moving more slowly than expected. Because it did not finish […]

A new dairy checkoff growth program with pizza partners is expected to drive a lot of additional cheese use during the rest of 2023. Paul Ziemnisky is Group EVP of Health and Wellness, Insights and Innovation with DMI. He says the bulk of the cheese will be used domestically with Domino’s and internationally through a […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. It was nice to have a monthly supply and demand report on a Thursday so we could finish pricing it in before the weekend. As expected USDA trimmed both corn and bean yields but not drastically. We have […]

Farmers are always on the lookout for another way to take their farm and find another source of revenue whether its value added agriculture, a tiling business, or for some, hosting. Wes Clark is CEO of Harvest Hosts RV membership program connecting travelers with over 2000 farms across the country. He says the RV can […]

I thought it would be fun to talk about the giant pumpkins and watermelons we have this year. It is an outstanding display, with the largest pumpkin ever weighed in competition at the N.C. State Fair. The top pumpkin was 2,124 pounds and was grown by Robert Cyrus of Wayne County, West Virginia.

Farmers are encouraged to scout their fields during harvest to help prepare for next year. LG Seeds Agronomist Al Bass says harvest is a great opportunity for farmers to make field observations and use that information to fine-tune their plans for the next growing season. “Farmers spend a lot of time in the field this time […]

The USDA released its October World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate Report that predicted lower corn and soybean production in the U.S. Todd Hultman, grain market analyst with DTN, talks about the corn numbers. “We still have 94.9 million planted acres being estimated, but the yield was reduced from 173.8 down to 173 bushels an […]

The latest World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates Report says U.S. corn production is forecast at 15.1 billion bushels, down 70 million on a cut in yield to 173 bushels per acre. The corn outlook predicts reduced supplies, down less than one percent, but ten percent above 2022. The season-average corn price received by producers […]

New monthly trade data from the Department of Agriculture shows a record monthly trade deficit for agriculture. Veronica Nigh, American Farm Bureau Federation Senior Economist, shares the numbers. “Well, the new trade data puts us out through August of 2023. And in August, we had the largest monthly trade deficit that we’ve ever had in […]

Critics say the crypto mine promise of rural prosperity is more hype than help, data show Black southerners in rural counties are less segregated than their urban counterparts and efforts begin to rid the Great Plains of invasive species.