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Farm broadcasters from across the country gathered in Kansas City for Trade Talk—an event that looks a lot like a trade show, except everyone’s trying to bend the ear of a broadcaster.  Leaders from major agricultural groups spent the day giving rapid-fire interviews, including ethanol advocate Brian Jennings. The CEO of the American Coalition for Ethanol […]

U.S. lawmakers are urging the Trump Administration to wade into next year’s USMCA renegotiation with “civility,” given the angst in Canada and Mexico over the president’s tariffs. Next year’s U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement review was once expected to be routine, but, given President Trump’s tariffs, it could become a high-stakes negotiation. Ag-state lawmakers, smartly aware of that, […]

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Thanksgiving week brings thin volume, and market moves can sometimes be exaggerated in either direction. Most years, the majority of the week trades like watching paint dry and is punctuated with a few hours of wild moves […]

With the government slowly reopening, the weekly government reports — including the export sales — are covering the data that was missed during the shutdown. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride said it will take a while for the government to catch up with. “Yeah, we’re going to be playing catch up for for a little […]

Many families indulged in the sizzle, sear, shred, or slice of pork as they finalized their menus for the Thanksgiving celebration. Whitney Hemmer, a registered dietitian with Fareway Meat and Grocery, says pork opens the door to a variety of delicious options for the holiday meal. “So affordable right now, and a lot more options […]

Improving Pig Survivability is an ongoing project encompassing research, education, and extension efforts aimed at reducing overall mortality in the U.S. commercial swine industry. Dr. Joel DeRouchey, professor of swine nutrition at Kansas State University, says the project is funded by the National Pork Board and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR). “We […]

I have always believed that God is in everything. There can be nothing on Earth to which this idea applies more than a garden. Don’t forget — one of God’s first creations was the Garden of Eden. George Bernard Shaw once wrote, “The best place to find God is in a garden.” For me, gardening has become a spiritual quest. I would like to say I have been a gardener all my life, but truthfully, I hated pulling weeds as a boy and never pursued working in God’s earth until I was unexpectedly thrown into hosting a radio gardening show more than four decades ago.

Soybeans are not the only American commodity looking to get trade going again with China. Amy Franz is Chairwoman of the National Sorghum Producers, who says there are trade challenges in the sorghum industry too. “There are, with the increase of inputs across the board, we always see those go up, rarely ever see them […]

Well, as we wrap up Thanksgiving week, we turn our attention to Christmas, and that brings us the beginning of the winter season. We got state assistant climatologist Corey Davis here. Corey, it looks like we have some cold weather coming through to the Carolinas here in the coming week. “Yeah, it’s certainly going to […]

Tyson’s plans to close a Nebraska beef plant are sending shockwaves through a state dubbed the “Beef State.” The company plans to lay off 32-hundred workers when the plant winds down in mid-January.  The Lexington plant handles an estimated 5,000 head a day and is located near several large feedlots.  David Jobman is chairman of […]