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Applications are now open for the 2024 South Carolina Commissioner’s School for Agriculture. Tell us about this program, Commissioner.

Last week, the 2022 Census of Agriculture was released which provides a snapshot of North Carolina agriculture. Some of the highlights point to positive trends in agriculture, others highlight the continued need to keep our focus on farmland preservation.  

Heading further into 2024, one of the top missions for Growth Energy is year-round, nationwide access to E15. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor spoke on E15 during her keynote address at the group’s annual meeting. “This past year, we saw some big wins at the state level. Nebraska followed Iowa’s lead with a statewide E15 […]

Sparks flew at the House Ag Committee as Democrats and Republicans stood their ground on farm bill differences, and USDA Secretary Vilsack defended his handling of existing programs. Vilsack immediately came under election-year fire from Ag Chair GT Thompson. “In what seemingly is a daily occurrence, taxpayer dollars are being sent to every corner of […]

They’ve been predicting it for a few years now, but still no recession. That doesn’t mean things have been easy for ag producers over that time. RaboBank strategist Steve Nicholson says the key now is that there are still jobs available. “Until we see, in my mind, until we see a pullback in jobs created […]

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the United States is 18 months away from a vaccine for bird flu. That news comes as more than 81 million U.S. poultry and aquatic birds have been killed by avian flu across 47 states since January 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During a Congressional […]

An Arizona District Court vacated the 2020 registration of over-the-top dicamba products, so the Environmental Protection Agency issued an Existing Stocks Order. The order allows limited sale and distribution of dicamba products that were already in possession of growers or in trade channels outside of the control of pesticide companies by February 6. The order […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540. The USDA outlook conference is underway yesterday and today. USDA will give us the first glimpse of the new crop production and balance sheet estimates. This data is compiled by the USDA economists and not from survey data […]

Talking with NC Assistant State Climatologist Corey Davis. How’s this winter stacking up as far as winters go, Corey? Mike, February is our shortest month, but we don’t want to shortchange it. Let’s show it some love, especially here on Valentine’s week. So through the midpoint of February, the big story is just how warm […]

Agriculture built towns on America’s high plains, but now might run them dry; a Texas drone experiment aims to improve healthcare in rural areas; and U.S. growers of wool and cotton get federal money to improve climate-smart land practices.