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Canadian reaction to the news that Donald Trump will return to the White House has been mixed. Certainly, the president-elect’s protectionist stance is casting a spotlight on what effects his return will have on Canadian-American economic ties. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was quick to send a message of congratulations. Trudeau, who is facing re-election himself […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Roy Cooper has named a veteran North Carolina Labor Department administrator to lead the state agency until the next labor commissioner takes office. Cooper announced Friday that Kevin O’Barr will serve as commissioner until Luke Farley is sworn in early next year. O’Barr succeeds Commissioner Josh Dobson, who decided not to seek reelection this fall. Dobson announced his resignation on Wednesday, the day after Farley, a Republican, defeated Democrat Braxton Winston in the election for a four-year term. The North Carolina Constitution gives the Democratic governor the authority to fill the vacancy. A commissioner otherwise is elected to lead a department separate from a governor’s administration.

Calls on Congressional Delegation to Support $621 Million in Federal Emergency Relief for S.C. Agriculture Related Storm Damage COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster and Lieutenant Governor Pamela S. Evette today announced the launch of Farm and Forest Recovery Resource Days, which will provide South Carolina’s farming and forestry communities affected by Hurricane Helene with a one-stop […]

Speculation has already begun on who the next Secretary of Agriculture will be when Donald Trump returns to the White House in January. Successful Farming says Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller, former ambassador Kip Tom, and Ted McKinney of NASDA are among a handful of people viewed as potential nominees to run the Department of […]

A lot of color on the Drought Monitor map right now, to get a description of that, I turn to Corey Davis, Assistant State Climatologist from the State Climate Office of North Carolina. What are you seeing right now, Corey? “Well, Mike, you know, this is the time of the year that we usually look […]

This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Election day is behind us and the outcome is not in question. That is a weight off the market right now. The markets have not started pricing in policies of the new administration yet because frankly, we […]

Federal health officials are calling for more testing and treatment of workers on farms with bird flu. The new guidance comes after a study showed that some dairy workers had signs of infection, even when they didn’t report feeling sick. Blood tests of 115 workers on farms in Michigan and Colorado showed that eight workers had antibodies that indicated previous infection. The finding suggests the virus may be spreading more widely. Four of the workers reported feeling sick and four reported no symptoms. Officials said the risk to the public remains low.

In the marketplace, there was thinning volume ahead of the elections on Tuesday, with expectations of potential fireworks in the overnight trading session, and with Donald Trump elected as president, soybeans dropped 20 cents. Corn down to before the market opened on Wednesday, Don Roose, president of US Commodities, says the bottom line: “It’s the […]

How big a corn crop will our growers harvest this season? Will us soybean production actually set a new record high, as some have predicted? We’ll have a very much better idea about that just hours from now, this Friday the eighth. “By the time we get to November, the forecasts are usually very close […]

An Iowa State ag economist is much less hopeful for the price of soybeans as it relates to leaving them in long-term storage. Chad Hart is an Extension agricultural economist from Iowa State University. Well, as you know, I’m hearing that there is some movement, but I’m hearing a lot more that a lot of […]