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Did you know you could turn watermelon waste and turn it into plastics? That’s what a newly formed company in Indiana called AgroRenew is planning to do. “We’re taking watermelon waste and reducing it down into a micron dust and blending it with some other bio sources to form a resin polymer that can then […]

Billions in federal, state, and local broadband funding efforts are getting deployed to help close the nation’s digital divide. Rick Cimerman is vice president of state affairs for NCTA, the Internet and Television Association. He says new regulations from the Federal Communications Commission will harm broadband deployment to rural communities. “The FCC and the government […]

Last year we saw US agricultural export and import values growing with imports in 2022, growing faster than exports, but so far in the first 10 months of this calendar year now we’re seeing decreases in both export values and imports. USDA economist Bart Kenner says for the first 10 months of this year the […]

U.S. Pork saw another great month in exports, according to the latest data for the month of October from the USDA. Kelli Wicks, manager of international market development for the National Pork Board, said that Mexico continues to be a showcase and was highlighted in the data from USMEF. “Monster year that’s continued for Mexico […]

Next week, many of us will gather with our loved ones to celebrate Christmas. Commissioner Hugh Weathers joins me now. This is an important time of year for all of us, including farmers. It’s been a good Christmas tree season. Most local Christmas tree farms are already sold out for the season and closed, but […]

The Southern Farm Show is the largest in the Carolinas and Virginia and features over 400 vendors showcasing tractors, work equipment and ag services. In conjunction with the Farm Show, the annual Ag Development Forum will be held Feb. 1 featuring the State of Agriculture address by Commissioner Steve Troxler, a panel discussion on the […]

USDA’s December Livestock Outlook says higher cow slaughter and heavier-than-assumed carcass weights will offset lower fed cattle slaughter in the fourth quarter of 2023. That will leave the beef production forecast for 2023 unchanged. Expected heavier carcasses will carry over into early 2024 along with higher cow slaughter. Fourth-quarter pork production was raised 25 million […]

The U.S. Treasury Department says it will use a modified version of the GREET model as a measurement to determine reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and that was greeted by ethanol advocates with rejoicing. The National Corn Growers Association was among those pleased to hear the Treasury’s decision. “Given that GREET was created by the […]

U.S. farming is still primarily a family business. The USDA’s Economic Research Service released a report titled “America’s Farms and Ranches at a Glance: 2023 Edition.” Katherine Lacy, an ERS economist and co-author of the report, says the overwhelming majority of U.S. farms are still family operations. “A majority of farms are considered small family […]

The farmland market in 2023 saw some new highs in prices paid for acreage. Randy Dickhut, farmland specialist with Agricultural Economic Insights, says buying land in the new year is going to require more borrowing than it did this year/ “My take is in a lot of parts in the Corn Belt, it takes $3 […]