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Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MI), along with 15 Senate colleagues, are challenging the EPA to abandon its proposed mitigation measures targeting 11 rodenticides. In a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, the senators urged consultation with the businesses and individuals who rely on rodent control products when developing rules that […]

If you are what you eat, then some animals in agriculture may actually be black soldier fly larvae! Liz Koutsos is president of EnviroFlight of Apex, North Carolina. We raise black soldier fly larva using byproducts from the food and feed industry, essentially upcycling to make sustainable protein and energy that we feed back to […]

The soy checkoff and the National Oilseed Processors Association partnered on an economic impact study to engage farmers and the agricultural community about the importance of the soybean industry to the U.S. and state economies. Ed Lammers, United Soybean Board Secretary and Nebraska farmer, shares details on the findings in the study. “As a farmer, […]

Bovine respiratory syncytial virus, or BRSV, is a fast-acting virus that is one of the main causes of pneumonia in beef and dairy cattle. Dr. Curt Vlietstra, a professional services veterinarian with Boehringer Ingelheim, shares three easy ways to slow the spread of BRSV on your cattle operation. “The concepts of the BRSV protection are […]

There’s a quiet revolution happening in of all places. Wilson, North Carolina. It’s there that the world’s largest cultured meat factory is taking shape. Believer Meats and its ironically named CEO Gustavo Burger are launching a new food product grown in the laboratory, which Burger says comes from actual animal cells. We grow these cells, […]

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.