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Although drought conditions persist, recent rains have been welcomed by farmers across the state. Crop conditions continue to remain a concern, especially for corn and hay. Some crops show signs they are responding to the rain. USDA Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack declared a disaster for Columbus County based on losses caused by the drought, which […]

The South Carolina Commissioner’s School for Agriculture was held last week. Here with me is Commissioner Hugh Weathers to talk about why there’s a summer camp connected with the Commissioner of Agriculture. Yes, I was at Clemson University last week to met this year’s Commissioner’s School class. Commissioner’s School is a career and leadership development […]

Pork and Partners is a catalyst to encourage health and wellness professionals to see pork’s nutritional potential in a new way through ongoing dialogues on current topics and research. Erin Good, corporate dietitian with Hy-Vee, talks about her experience with Pork and Partners. “I was a Pork and Partners roadshow attendee last year in August. […]

Drone usage in agriculture has continued to increase in recent years, over 3 million acres sprayed by these unmanned aircraft in 2023 alone, but legislation making its way through Congress seeks to effectively ban Chinese made DJI drones in the US due to security risks posed to farmers and ranchers. Arthur Erickson is CEO of […]

The really good times came in 2022 when the price of corn averaged $6.54 a bushel and soybeans $14.20. University of Illinois agricultural economist Gary Schnitkey says both numbers are way above what the University of Illinois has shown to be the current era’s long-term plateau prices of $4.55 and $11.00. “Whenever we’ve had sort […]

Each year, members of Congress take time during the month of August to return to their home districts and hear directly from constituents. Cody Lyon, managing director of advocacy and political affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the August recess is an important time in the political process. “August recess is a phrase […]

Quite a change in our forecast, quite a change in what we’ve seen weather wise over the past couple of weeks from the previous month, and I’m talking with Corey Davis from the State Climate Office of North Carolina. Corey, let’s start off with some of the amazing rain that we have seen, the rain […]

The USDA released its recommendations for modernizing the Federal Milk Marketing Orders in early July. Stephen Cain, senior director of economic research and analysis for the National Milk Producers Federation, talks about his initial reaction to the proposal. “Overall, we’re very pleased with the recommendations that USDA has come up with. We put a lot […]

Dr. Ron Heiniger is a professor at NC State and corn specialist with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. “We’re seeing this corn crop try to recover a little bit, now that we’ve got a little bit of rain in the last week across the coastal plain and and Tidewater area, some corn that certainly […]

USDA’s initial recommendations for modernizing the Federal Milk Marketing Orders came out on July 1. Erica Maedke, vice president of insights at Ever.Ag, talks about some of the potential challenges in those recommendations. “I do think one of the challenges that USDA had to address was make-allowances. We haven’t updated it in 24 years. Clearly, […]