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Workforce is a primary challenge for agriculture. Improving the workplace culture on the farm can help recruit and retain a good team of people. Linda Swindling is a professional negotiator who helps employers turn complainers into team players. And she understands the unique family dynamics of the farm. She says negotiation and communication are essential to […]

Jeff Ditzenberger is a Wisconsin farmer who started the group TUGS to end mental health stigma after his own suicide attempt. He’s featured in a new PBS film Greener Pastures. “I hope everybody gets an opportunity to see it. I hope everybody gets an opportunity after that to thank a farmer or to go next […]

There hasn’t been a lot of recent movement in grain prices. Dr. Kim Anderson, a grain market economist with Oklahoma State University Extension, says there isn’t a lot going on to push prices in either direction. “There’s not anything thing going on right now. We’ve got the winter wheat crop, it’s all planted. It’s in […]

Farm groups urged EPA administrator Michael Regan to swiftly grant a waiver that would allow summertime E15 sales and offset disruptions in the global energy markets. Joe Gilson, American Farm Bureau Federation government affairs director, says the waiver helps provide consumers relief at the pump. “President Biden’s administration has used this emergency authority before in […]

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is looking for farms that have been in continual family ownership for 100 years or more to apply to be part of the Century Farm Family program. This year on Oct. 21 we will hold the Century Farm Family Reunion at the State Fair in Raleigh.

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Across South Carolina, U-pick strawberry farms are preparing to welcome visitors onto their farms to fill their buckets with sweet, sun-ripe, bright red strawberries. Strawberries are among the earliest widely available spring crops in our state. Many strawberry farms are already open for U-pick activities, while others plan to open in the next […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Markets are trading with a noticeably lower volume as we wait for the biggest report so far in 2024. The USDA Prospective Planting and Quarterly Stocks Report that comes out this Thursday at noon followed by no trade […]

SFN’s Mike Davis caught up with SC Ag Commissioner at last Thursday’s Certified SC Showcase event in Columbia. == Commissioner, it’s been a busy week in the Columbia area. Well, you’re right. It’s National Agricultural week. Well, you certainly taken advantage of it. A lot, a lot of fun. Today (Thursday, March 21), the third […]

The USDA’s Economic Research Service reported that the number of U.S. wheat farms has dropped substantially over time. Ryan Hanrahan, Farmdoc social media manager and farm policy news editor at the University of Illinois took a look at the numbers in the March Wheat Outlook Report. “They put together a feature article as they do […]

Canada’s red meat livestock sector says it will be watching developments closely, following the USDA’s announcement of new Product of U.S. labeling rules coming into effect at the beginning of 2026. Those rules, which say beef and pork products derived from animals that have been exclusively born, raised, slaughtered, and processed on American soil would […]