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Third quarter financials continue to reflect the bleak picture in farm country this year. Joe Mahon, Regional Outreach Director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, said their third quarter survey of agricultural bankers in the Fed’s Ninth District show cash flow is down. “Lenders told us that farm incomes decreased relative to a year […]

Silencing phone scams is a big job because four billion robocalls are made to Americans every month, and the average individual receives 14 calls each week. In addition to being annoying and time-consuming, the constant ringing of the phone can be outright dangerous. Sean Voskuhl, director of the AARP in Oklahoma, said phone calls and text messages […]

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Friday’s catch-up USDA report did not offer a lot for the bulls. USDA did lower corn yield, but not nearly as much as the market was hoping. It dropped corn yield seven-tenths of a bushel to 186.0 […]

With just two weeks left in the 2025 hurricane season, it appears the East Coast, and especially the Southeast, escaped the impact of a landfalling hurricane for the first time in a decade. Alex DaSilva, Lead Hurricane Expert with AccuWeather, says steering mechanisms like the Bermuda High played a role in sparing the Continental US. […]

Trey Myers of Oklahoma was recently elected as the new president of National FFA. He said it hasn’t truly sunk in yet, but it’s getting there. It’s starting to set in just a little bit, but it still doesn’t exactly feel real. But I’m excited for the year ahead. So, I’m from a little town […]

The cry for H-2A reform can be heard all around agriculture, and the recent adjustments to calculating the Adverse Effect Wage Rate are a step in the right direction. But Enrique Gastelum, CEO of the Worker and Farmer Labor Association, says the AEWR is not the program’s only problem that needs to be addressed. “The […]

Most of us have seen or have some knowledge of the most iconic plant in the world: It’s the “Venus Flytrap”, which is native to a small area of southeastern North Carolina. One of its cousins, also a native to the “Tar Heel State”, is the venerable “Pitcher Plant”. It is also carnivorous and has an equally insatiable appetite for insects. This is another plant I don’t have in my landscape. I do need one after seeing the crop of the Purple Pitcher Plant at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens in Chapel Hill.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced the removal of U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and other commodities. This move comes amid pressure to address high consumer prices. Trump had focused on tariffs to boost domestic production and the U.S. economy. However, recent off-year elections showed economic concerns as a top issue, with Democrats gaining wins. Inflation remains a challenge despite Trump’s claims to have vanquished it. The administration insists tariffs weren’t a major factor in rising grocery prices. Democrats and industry groups argue this move acknowledges the impact of Trump’s tariffs on consumers. “We just did a little bit of a rollback on some foods like coffee,” Trump said later Friday night.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University today announced a record $63 million investment from philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott, the largest single gift ever received by the university. Five years after Scott’s landmark $45 million gift, this latest commitment raises her total support to $108 million. It affirms her confidence in […]

You may be surprised at how much food insecurity there is in the U.S., even in rural America. Ami McReynolds of Feeding America said the group was serving millions of food-insecure people prior to the government shutdown. “We believe over 50 million people were accessing the charitable feeding system, and food banks were doing all […]