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Water levels are down on the Mississippi River and its tributaries for the third year in a row, affecting transportation of ag goods set for export. Mike Steenhoek is executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition, and says the impact is felt in two ways. “Number one is the ability to put a lot of […]

With elections looming, the Congressional calendar is tight. Right now, Congress is locked in a funding battle. Emily Buckman, director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the deadline is quickly approaching. “September 30 marks the end of fiscal year 2024. This means Congress has roughly two weeks to pass government funding […]

As commodity prices fell in recent months, input costs have been slow to follow. Josh Linville, vice president of fertilizer for StoneX, says buying inputs is a challenge for farmers. “Farmers, of course, are struggling with low grain prices. That has been the single biggest conversation out there, which is that fertilizer prices are high, […]

Sept. 18, 2024 – AccuWeather’s preliminary estimate of the total damage and economic loss from an unnamed storm with tropical storm impacts in the United States is $7 billion. This is a preliminary estimate, as the storm effects are continuing to be felt and some areas have not yet reported complete information about damage, injuries and other impacts.     […]

Don’t learn safety by accident. While the theme of this year’s national farm safety and health week, Dan Neenan of the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety, notes the word “accident” is a misnomer. “An accident in most people’s minds mean that there’s nothing that could have been done to prevent it. So we’re trying […]

Earlier this summer, two big price changes occurred in the corn and soybean markets. Combined they have created a “carry” in the market. Here are the two important items as outlined on the University of Illinois Farmdoc Daily website. First, price levels declined, beginning in June and continuing to the present. New-crop corn and soybean […]

Highly Pathogenetic Avian Influenza has been on the minds of backyard poultry owners, as well as large-scale operations, since late 2022. Dr. Amber Itle [Idel], Washington state Veterinarian, says it’s very normal for these influenza viruses to circulate.  But what she says is not normal is for this virus to persist for two years, and […]

Moms for America, a Missouri-based national conservative advocacy group that focuses on pro-family issues, went to Capitol Hill last week to discuss its opposition to the EATS Act. They say House Bill 4417 and Senate Bill 209 would “hand American pork and other production over to the Chinese multi-national conglomerates like Smithfield and the global […]

Parts of southeastern North Carolina have been deluged by another historic flood. Highways in Brunswick County remained underwater Tuesday, a day after about 18 inches of rain fell at nearby Carolina Beach in 12 hours. Emergency workers brought food and water to people as they waited for the flooding to recede. But the same area has seen four other floods of a lifetime in the past 25 years from Hurricane Floyd in 1999, unnamed storms in 2010 and 2015, and the benchmark flood with 30 inches of rain from Hurricane Florence in 2018. Meteorologists says warmer temperatures from climate change allows the air to hold more moisture and heavier rains to fall.

At the South Carolina Advocates for Agriculture Recognition Reception this evening (Wednesday, September 11), we recognized several people, two in particular that you recognized, Commissioner. Tell us about them. “Well, every year we honor a public service individual and then a private industry, and we did the same this year in the public service was […]