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Smithfield Foods says will close its Charlotte, North Carolina, pork-processing plant and transfer production to its Tar Heel, North Carolina, facility by the end of 2023. The company says the move is to increase efficiency and better utilize existing capacity, and comes as the company faces “abundant supplies and soft demand” weighing on pork prices. […]

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Oct. 11, 2023) – Professor Emerita Shirley Hymon-Parker, Ph.D. will lead the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) as interim dean, North Carolina A&T State University academic leaders announced today. Hymon-Parker takes over leadership of the nation’s largest college of agriculture at a historically Black college or university (HBCU) and one […]

With Kevin McCarthy ousted last week as Speaker of the House and representatives returning from their brief recess, the chaos on Capitol Hill has impacted the development of the next farm bill. “Well, it’s certainly not desirable to have these kinds of machinations going on. It’s just not helpful.”  That’s Ted McKinney, CEO of the […]

Sixteen members of the House of Representatives pushed back against the Ending Agriculture Trade Suppression (EATS) Act in a letter to House ag leaders. The group sent a letter to House Ag Chair Glenn Thompson (R-PA) and Ranking Member David Scott (D-GA). Groups backing the letter included the Organization for Competitive Markets, Competitive Markets Action, […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Markets continue to trade a fairly narrow range despite the turmoil in the outside markets and elsewhere in the world. We will get USDA’s latest update on supply and demand this Thursday at 12 noon. On Friday’s report I will […]

Project Victory Gardens is a nonprofit that provides agricultural education programs to cultivate resiliency among our nation’s veterans. We have partnered with them extensively since their founding because we support their mission and like the way they carry it out. They offer education, training, and business development resources for veterans interested in farming and agriculture. […]

Farmland Partners, a commercial real estate company that owns and manages farmland in 20 states, released a report on its sustainability initiatives. But his Environmental, Social, and Governance – or ESG – report is different than what you might see coming out of many publicly traded companies. Luca Fabbri, Farmland Partners President and CEO, explains. […]

Dairy markets are searching for momentum. Jenny Wackershauser of ever.ag, speaking at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, explains. “We are sitting in what we like to call the epidemy of we need export to market. So, traditionally in the U.S. marketplace over the last few years, exports have really driven when we’ve had a successful […]

The World Dairy Expo is truly a world-wide event—demonstrated as dairy industry representatives from Uganda attended the event. Hamid Rutaro of Uganda’s Ministry of Agriculture tells SFN about the dairy industry in his country. “So, the dairy industry in Uganda, it is actually on a steep growing curve. And the reason I say that is […]

Consumers may expect to pay less for a Thanksgiving turkey this November thanks to improved supplies. Bernt Nelson, American Farm Bureau Federation economist, says prices have fallen since Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza peaked last September. “Now, since then, biosecurity measures and the practices that we put in place, the programs that USDA has used have […]