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The USDA’s Prospective Report was not without some surprises.  As compared to last spring, it looks like the nation’s farmers will be cutting back on acres devoted to corn and wheat, but increasing plantings for soybeans and cotton. This from a USDA survey of 70,000 producers across the country. They say they intend to cut […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Words cannot express how glad I am to have the USDA Prospective Planting and Quarterly Stocks Report behind us. To not get kicked in the shins by it is a really nice added bonus. This is one of […]

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack traveled to Great River Organic Milling in Fountain City, Wisconsin for a big announcement. He introduced long grain rice as the first commercially available product to come to market as a result of USDA’s Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities. “This is the first commercially-produced, climate-smart product, this long grain rice. It’s a […]

Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans; a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life; and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

RALEIGH – The weather is warming up and gardening and lawn activities will soon be in full swing, which may include taking soil samples to be tested for agronomic recommendations for many growers and homeowners. It is a good idea to test the soil if it has not been tested in the last 2-3 years. Also […]

The USDA, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in cattle. The agencies say the disease seems to be affecting primarily older cows in Texas, Kansas, and New Mexico. This is the first time that HPAI has been identified as affecting […]

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge at Baltimore this week should not have a great impact on soybean exports, according to Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition. Steenhoek says the Port of Baltimore exported more than 142,000 metric tons of soybeans in 2020, the most recent data available. “There are […]

The Potato Sustainability Alliance is a group that helps growers define, measure and advance sustainability practices in their production. And CEO John Mesko says last year PSA launched an online mobile app that farmers can use to report their sustainability practices and learn new approaches to production. “We did launch, on August 1st, an adapted […]

There’s a forestry crisis brewing in South Carolina. I’m Mike Davis. Several paper mills in South Carolina and North Carolina have shuttered recently, due to several factors. President of the South Carolina Forestry Association Cam Crawford: “It’s real capital intensive to run a paper mill to start with. And if it’s an older paper mill, […]

Easter egg rolls and hunts are in full swing across the country. And this year North Carolina is playing a special role in the White House Easter Egg Hunt. Emily Metz is President and CEO of the American Egg Board. “We’ve got a very special tie in with your neck of the woods this year. […]