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RALEIGH – A commercial turkey operation in Lenoir County has tested positive for High Path Avian Influenza. The positive sample was first identified by the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Veterinary Diagnostic Lab in Raleigh and confirmed by the USDA APHIS National Veterinary Services Lab in Ames, Iowa. This is the first case […]

The Super Bowl is this Sunday and will be watched by approximately 113 million people. Food is a big part of Super Bowl parties, and Frito-Lay’s Super Bowl Snack Index has some interesting food trends. Seventy percent of experienced hosts begin gearing up by planning meals, and 51 percent start preparations at least a week […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. The USDA February report is typically a non-event as there are not typically any big changes made. USDA does not make changes to the US crop size and typically only minor changes to the demand side. South American […]

New Crop Progress Reports are out and climatologist Corey Davis has taken an extensive look at those particularly for the Carolinas and how weather has impacted that quarry. What are you seeing right now? Well, Mike, we’ve talked a lot over the last month about how wet the start of winter was. And that includes […]

A rural internet subsidy program could be phased out. Tom Perez, Senior Advisor to the President, says the Biden Administration requested six billion dollars to extend funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program back in October. The subsidy helps reduce high-speed internet plans by 30 to 75 dollars a month. If Congress does not take action, […]

A Montana dude ranch lassos economic prosperity with big-sky adventures; a child tax credit expansion could save rural families money and reduce their stress; and farmers who grow food on land they don’t own benefit from leasing advice.

A letter signed by more than 3,400 farmers was sent to President Biden Wednesday expressing concern over the administration’s prioritization of electric vehicles over biofuels, such as corn ethanol, as it works to drastically lower the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. “If we are going to address climate change and meet our sustainability goals, we are […]

A federal judge this week vacated the 2020 dicamba registrations by the Environmental Protection Agency. The ruling in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona leaves farmers without options to use the herbicide in the upcoming growing season. Affected products include Bayer’s XtendiMax, BASF’s Engenia and Syngenta’s Tavium. In response, the North Carolina […]

USDA’s Economic Research Service forecasts that U.S. net cash farm income will decrease by $42.2 billion, or 25.8 percent, to $121.7 billion in 2024 in inflation-adjusted dollars. This is after net farm cash income decreased in 2023 by a forecast of $50.2 billion to $163.9 billion. Net cash farm income is defined as gross cash […]

Alltech released its 2023 U.S. Harvest Analysis Report. Dr. Max Hawkins, tech support for the Alltech Mycotoxin Management Team, says to follow the weather to find the mycotoxins. “If you get into the western Corn Belt and some of the Northern prairies, it was very dry. When we get into really dry weather, we tend […]