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It’s an exciting time for agriculture at SC State University. Dr. Lamin Drammeh is the Associate Vice President for Public Service and Agriculture, and he tells SFN that through two mega grants from USDA, they’re working with farmers to adopt climate smart practices to sequester carbon. “Cover crop is one of those conservation practices. The […]

The Opportunities for Fairness in Farming (OFF) Act is regularly coming before Congress. Tanner Beymer, senior director of government affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, says the bill never seems to go away. “That OFF Act is something that just keeps getting introduced like a bad penny. Luckily for us, it has never been […]

The food stamp food fight is continuing between House Republicans and USDA after a failed attempt to reform SNAP food choices this fiscal year. House Ag Appropriations Chair and physician Andy Harris isn’t giving up on his idea for a voluntary pilot to restrict unhealthy food choices under SNAP, a continuing GOP target in spending and farm […]

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller confirmed that the Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. poultry facility in Farewell, Texas has received official notification of a positive test for HPAI. Cal-Maine will be required to depopulate 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets at their facility. This accounts for approximately 3.6 percent of the company’s total flock as of […]

USDA’s projection of 90 million corn acres was a surprise to the markets leading to double-digit gains after the report. Joe Camp with Commstock Investments tells SFN if the report holds true, it could lead to substantial changes in the balance sheet. “Just in general, you’ve got to bring up this headline acreage number and […]

Farm Futures released its March 2024 Planting Intentions Survey results. Jacqueline Holland, a grain marketing analyst for Farm Futures, talks about what farmers are planting this spring. “We are still looking at being a little bit higher on corn acreage relative to what USDA said in their February projection. Our farmers indicated that they are […]

We’ve all heard about the wildfires on the Texas Panhandle. Now I hear there’s a South Carolina effort to help. Tell us about it, Commissioner. Yes, Mike. The Texas ag community has really taken a hit from these wildfires.  Starting on February 26, fires raged across the Texas Panhandle for more than a week.    […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Grain markets got the USDA Prospective Planting and Quarterly Stocks Report on Thursday then was closed on Friday for Easter. Markets opened back up Sunday night on the normal schedule for the week. Bulls should be very glad […]

The Prospective Plantings Report shows farmers will increase their soybean acres this year. Betty Resnick, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the report should be bullish for the price of corn. “Corn is going to see a reduction of 4.9 percent of acres compared to last year down to 90 million acres […]

Eighteen special Pesticide Disposal Collection Days are planned across the state to help farmers and homeowners properly dispose of unwanted pesticides. The special collection days are a partnership between the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Pesticide Disposal Assistance Program and the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service.