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Managing nitrogen and potassium together should be a key part of a crop nutrition program for growers. Tryston Beyrer, crop nutrition lead for The Mosaic Company, says managing them together increases the efficiency of both nutrients. “We look at growers oftentimes focusing on nitrogen because it’s one of the most limiting nutrients oftentimes for crops […]

It’s simple economics. A shrinking national beef herd plus growing consumer demand means a strong cattle market for years to come. For the nation’s dairy cattle producers, this means great opportunities to breed for beef on dairy crosses. With the nation’s beef cow herd inventory the smallest it’s been since the 1960s, the beef industry […]

COLUMBIA – A new partnership is helping more South Carolina farmers show buyers their commitment to food safety. The South Carolina Department of Agriculture’s Agribusiness Center for Research and Entrepreneurship (ACRE) is helping South Carolina farmers achieve Good Agricultural Practices certification thanks to a $100,000 grant from Duke Energy. Good Agricultural Practices, or GAP, is a voluntary […]

COLUMBIA – Luray Peanut Co., a producer of packaged boiled peanuts, today announced plans to expand its operations in Hampton County. The company’s $5.25 million investment will create 16 new jobs. Luray Peanut Co.’s original recipe and Cajun boiled peanut products are available for purchase in convenience stores, grocery stores and stadiums. Located at 973 Main Street in Varnville, […]

We finally got that rain we were hoping for the question is how much of a difference did it make in drought conditions across the Carolinas for that I turn to NC Assistant State Climatologist Corey Davis , as we do each week at this time. Man, it was a wet weekend. Tell me what […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. Grain and oilseeds markets continue to trade the same range on much of the same news we have been trading for the last few weeks. You can almost know exactly which way the precipitation forecast models are trending […]

Rural America’s jobs numbers are rebounding, but still below pre-pandemic days; a rural Oregon community has a new approach to affordable housing; the smallest communities benefit from the world’s largest museum; and the dark nights give way to light.

David Hula of Williamsburg, Virginia, known for his record-setting corn yields, has done it again, setting a new national mark. The National Corn Growers Association announced the winners of the 2023 National Corn Yield Contest. The yields included a national record of 623.8 bushels per acre from Hula, beating the previous record of 619.1 bushels […]

Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) will file a Congressional Review Act resolution that would overturn the decision to lift a long-standing ban on beef imports from Paraguay. Both senators say the Biden administration made the wrong decision. “Resuming beef imports from a country with a recent history of foot and mouth disease […]

Oh yes, here’s that Christmas tree hunting clip again from the movie A Christmas Story. Haven’t you got a big tree? Christmas only comes once a year. Why not? If you went hunting for a real Christmas tree after the first week of December this year, you may have had a little trouble finding just […]