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The Biden administration is expected to release a climate model for its Sustainable Aviation Fuel subsidy program on Tuesday. The rule will dictate how ethanol producers can use climate-smart agriculture to qualify for tax credits in the production of SAF. The ethanol industry views SAF as a way to build demand for its products going […]

Corey Davis, Assistant State Climatologist for North Carolina, joins me now. And Corey, a few weeks ago you placed some bets, which is legal in North Carolina now. You made some predictions about the forecast coming up and one of those predictions or bets was that we were going to have a nice, wet April. […]

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza found in dairy cattle was a surprise for producers and there’s still many unknowns right now with under a month’s worth of information. So far, there’s been about 30 different dairy locations in eight states affected including North Carolina. This week, to prevent spread of the virus, the U.S. Department of […]

The urban-rural death divide is widening for working-age Americans, many home internet connections established for rural students during COVID have been broken, and a new federal rule aims to put the “public” back in public lands.

The u.s. Department of Agriculture Wednesday mandated testing for H5N1 of dairy cattle that cross state lines. The move is to protect the U.S. livestock industry from the threat of avian influenza. Before interstate movement, dairy cattle are now required to receive a negative test for Influenza A virus at an approved National Animal Health […]

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new steps to strengthen child nutrition through new school meal standards. Nutrition standards for school meals will gradually be updated to include less sugar and flexibility with menu planning between Fall 2025 and Fall 2027. He talks about the need for updated standards. “First of all, I think it’s important […]

Most of us can easily go to our local supermarket and find just about any fresh and healthful food that there is. But in this country today there are still places where people don’t have easy access to fresh healthy foods, such as fruits and vegetables. However, there is a lot of work going on […]

Some compelling testimony a few days ago before the Senate Ag Appropriations Subcommittee. testimony from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “And I bring to the attention of the committee concerns that I have about the loss of farms and the loss of farmland.” Losses, Vilsack says, are huge. He told lawmakers that since 1980, “We’ve lost […]

I understand the governor is signing a bill today that will help farmers and all South Carolinians. Tell us about it, commissioner. Commissioner Weathers: Today Governor Henry McMaster is holding a ceremonial signing of the Working Agricultural Lands Preservation Act. This bill passed with bipartisan support. It passed the Senate unanimously. Farmland loss is a […]

At the beginning of the month the National Agricultural Statistics Service released the 2024 planting intentions for North Carolina with cotton, flue-cured tobacco and soybeans looking to pick up small increases in acreage. Corn, peanut and winter wheat plantings are projected down.