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SC Commissioner Weathers: SCCSA Applications are Open

SC Commissioner Weathers: SCCSA Applications are Open

Mike DavisFeb 25, 2025

Applications are now open for the 2025 South Carolina Commissioner’s School for Agriculture.  Commissioner Weathers joins me to talk about…

NC Commissioner Troxler: Time to Test Float Bed Water

NC Commissioner Troxler: Time to Test Float Bed Water

Mike DavisFeb 25, 2025

Tobacco farmers are busy preparing for the 2025 season and as they begin readying transplants for production, it is also…

Rural Connectivity Progressing in NC

Rural Connectivity Progressing in NC

Mike DavisFeb 24, 2025

Better connecting rural regions. Patrick Woodie is President and CEO of the North Carolina Rural Center. He says progress is…

AFBF Editorial on Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins

AFBF Editorial on Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins

“America’s farmers and ranchers are no strangers to uncertainty, but the challenges they face today call for immediate attention and…

USDA scholarship for students at North Carolina A&T suspended

USDA scholarship for students at North Carolina A&T suspended

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal scholarship aimed at boosting students from underserved and rural areas attending historically Black colleges and…

Secretary Rollins Releases the First Tranche of Funding Under Review

Secretary Rollins Releases the First Tranche of Funding Under Review

USDAFeb 21, 2025

Washington, D.C., Feb. 20, 2025—Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced that USDA will release the first tranche of…

Snowfall ‘Overperformed’ in Areas of NC

Snowfall ‘Overperformed’ in Areas of NC

Mike DavisFeb 21, 2025

Snow across much of the Carolinas here in the last couple of days. Corey Davis, Assistant State Climatologist for North…

Longshoremans’ Vote Expected Next Week

Longshoremans’ Vote Expected Next Week

Mike DavisFeb 21, 2025

Encouraging news on the shipping front for agriculture, as the feuding parties in the longshoremans’ dispute along the Gulf and…

Legislation Introduced to Help Farm Kids Get Access to College Aid

Legislation Introduced to Help Farm Kids Get Access to College Aid

Mike DavisFeb 21, 2025

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, has not been kind to college students and farming families for…