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WASHINGTON, D.C. – All four U.S. senators from North Carolina and South Carolina, along with Republican colleagues from across the country, recently introduced the Supporting Farm Operations Act of 2024, legislation that would revert the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) to the December 2023 rate through the end of the 2025 growing season. The AEWR in North Carolina […]

The National Pork Producers Council commended the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service for extending the New Swine Inspection System line speed trials through January 15, 2025. Processing facilities will enroll in a modified time-limited trial, which includes a study to evaluate the impact of increased line speeds on worker safety. “We appreciate USDA and […]

The Professional Dairy Producers recently launched a first of its kind farmer-led sustainability initiative for the dairy industry. The initiative is called “Your Farm – Your Footprint.” PDP board member J.J. Pagel talks about why the dairy industry needs a program like this. “What I really like about ‘Your Farm-Your Footprint’ is it’s a proactive […]

Dairy farmers now have the chance to sign up for the Dairy Margin Coverage Program. Chris Galen, senior vice president of member services and governance with the National Milk Producers Federation, says DMC is a big improvement over past dairy support programs. “We decided about ten years ago to work with Congress to come up […]

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. The question on everyone’s mind this week is, are the corn lows finally behind us? We have only traded back to where we were early last week, but it really feels like we have a weight off of […]

Hard times could be ahead for rural school districts that spent federal pandemic money on teacher salaries; a former Oregon lumber community drafts a climate-action plan; and West Virginians may soon buy raw milk from squeaky-clean cows.

For the first time, Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow says she’ll push a new farm bill further into the future rather than strike a deal with Republicans on SNAP and climate spending changes. The Fence Post reports Stabenow won’t agree to limit any updates to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or cut any climate-smart […]

Farming activities in the United States accounted for 10.6 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2021, according to USDA’s Economic Research Service. New data released this week shows that from 2020 to 2021, agricultural greenhouse gas emissions remained nearly constant but decreased from 11.1 percent to 10.6 percent as a share of total U.S. […]

A lawmaker from Florida believes there could be movement on the Farm Bill in March. Congresswoman Kat Cammack told Agriculture of America Tuesday the farm bill has been a frustrating process. “We are currently operating on a basic reauthorization of the ‘18 Farm Bill, and we were hoping to have it completed last year, but […]

Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or drones, pose a significant risk to critical infrastructure and U.S. national security, specifically from those made in China according to a January threat assessment by the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “Basically Chinese company data belong to the Chinese government, is what in essence the laws in China say.”  […]