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Major U.S. agriculture organizations sent letters to all 2024 presidential candidates asking them to prioritize trade. The letters encourage each candidate to prioritize new market access trade agreements to help strengthen U.S. ag and decrease reliance on China. Brian Kuehl, executive director of Farmers for Free Trade, says the U.S. has stood on the sidelines […]

Let’s go back almost exactly 18 years ago, August 29 of 2005. The place New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina slams into the city, Eighty percent of the city underwater. I can see multiple people up on their rooftop trying to get help people looting the supermarket, but I told you earlier today I didn’t think […]

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has resulted in the deaths of two South Carolina horses, according to State Veterinarian Michael J. Neault, Director of Clemson Livestock Poultry Health. The National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed the diagnosis on Monday, August 21, 2023. One horse was a two-year-old quarter horse gelding in Sumter County that was diagnosed with […]

Higher than last year, lower than USDA projections is where Pro Farmer Crop Tour Yield Estimates come in for the Indiana corn crop on Tuesday. Pro Farmer Editor and Eastern Leg Crop Tour Leader Brian Grete says they found an average yield in Indiana of 180.81 bushels per acre which included a couple surprises. “One […]

While Georgia is on many consumers’ minds when it comes to fresh peaches, California is by far the largest peach-producing state in the United States. USDA’s Economic Research Service reports that last year, California’s harvest yielded 475,000 tons of fruit, with South Carolina second at 67,400 tons, and Georgia in third place with production at […]

The Cotton Board recently elected a new slate of officers to serve one-year terms, including Rusty Darby of South Carolina as Treasurer. In addition to Darby, Mark Nichols, a cotton producer from Altus, Oklahoma, was elected to serve as Chairman of the Board. Nichols is the President of Jess Mark Nichols Farms, Inc. and President […]

Farmers for Free Trade this week implored all 2024 presidential candidates to prioritize new market access trade agreements to strengthen U.S. agriculture and decrease reliance on China. The organization also called on the presidential candidates to hold China accountable in a responsible manner that does not endanger U.S. food and agriculture’s largest export market or […]

USDA’s Federal Milk Marketing Order modernization hearing begins Wednesday and dairy farmers are eager to be part of the process. Stephen Cain, National Milk Producers Federation Director of Economic Research and Analysis, says there is a lot of ground to cover. “It’s a big process, we don’t do these very often. The last time we […]

Since its initial release last year, USDA’s Market News mobile app has progressed and expanded its capabilities. We started in February of 2022. And that version included our livestock and poultry reports. So that was over 800 reports containing commodities from cattle to grains etc. We came out in June of 2022 with version two […]

Last week, the South Carolina Advocates for Agriculture honored two men for their support for farming industry. One was state Senate President Thomas Alexander, the other was longtime farmer and founder of Mixon Seed Company, Danny Mixon, who said the honor humbled him. I guess its having a bunch of peers in ag being to […]