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The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is calling on Ottawa to step up defense of Canada’s trade interests with November’s U.S. presidential election drawing closer – especially with the upcoming six-year review of the USMCA trade pact in 2026. Adding to cross-border trade concerns is the Canadian federal election scheduled for next year. The Trudeau Liberals, […]

Federal, state, and local elected officials along with academics and innovators gathered in Greenville, North Carolina last Wednesday for Congressman Greg Murphy and Congressman David Rouzer’s third annual Water Adaptation to Ensure Regional Success, or WATERS, Summit. Congressman Murphy told SFN… I think we’re developing an umbrella that brings together policymakers, elected officials, academics, local […]

Farm Bill extension means producers have a March 15 deadline to make a decision between the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs known as ARC and PLC. Steve Johnson, retired Iowa State University Extension Farm Management Specialist, says it’s been running for about 10 years now. And in that time reference prices have […]

Former South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture Lucas Lentsch has stepped into the CEO job for the United Soybean Board. Lynch says USB handles the national soybean checkoff dollars. Every state that raises soybeans, essentially producers pay a checkoff and half of it stays local and half of it funds the national effort, and that in […]

American Farm Bureau’s annual convention concluded Tuesday with a session on policy priorities for 2024. AFBF President Zippy Duvall says the Farm Bill is the top issue. “We stressed the importance of getting a new farm bill done and how urgent it is to get it done now. Labor was another hot topic, especially around […]

The strength of the U.S. dollar compared to currency in other countries is a big factor in successfully exporting American ag commodities. The Federal Reserve says it won’t raise interest rates for now, and Mike Zuzolo of Global Commodity Analytics says that would typically be good news for U.S. exports. “Well, it should have a […]

We are at the halfway point of climatological winter, and I think that might be a good time to take a look back on what has looked like a fairly warm and wet season, but I’m gonna get the expert’s opinion right now and to turn to Assistant State Climatologist Corey Davis from the State […]

Rural Texas teachers unravel a secret to improving student reading scores; a New York nonprofit champions manufactured housing to help solve the state’s housing crisis; and Reba McEntire lends her fame to an Oklahoma town’s revitalization.

Clemson University animal health officials are urging owners of backyard poultry flocks and pet waterfowl to keep their birds away from wild waterfowl and the waters they inhabit. The warning comes after backyard flocks in Horry and Orangeburg counties contracted the Eurasian strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), presumably from wild birds and waterways frequented […]

A unique period in USDA’s crop progress reporting takes place in the winter months, December through March. “State Stories” focused on specific winter crops and commodities. Until about 10 years ago, we did have weekly reports from each of the individual states. But at that time, USDA NASS opted to shut down the weekly state […]