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Group Takes Steps to Protect NC Farm Workers from Heat Stress

Group Takes Steps to Protect NC Farm Workers from Heat Stress

Shanteya HudsonMay 16, 2024

Farmworkers in North Carolina and across the U.S. face scorching heat with little protection at the federal and state level.…

Spring Planting is Nearing Completion in North, South Carolina

Spring Planting is Nearing Completion in North, South Carolina

Mike DavisMay 15, 2024

Most major crops are now planted or nearly finished in the Carolinas. Bayer Crop Science technical agronomist Zach Webb says…

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2024’s First Quarter Pork Exports are ‘Phenomenal’

Mike DavisMay 15, 2024

U.S. Meat Export Federation says March exports of U.S. pork were steady with last year’s volume but were slightly higher…

Soybean Prices Projected to Decline

Soybean Prices Projected to Decline

Gary CrawfordMay 15, 2024

This next crop year for soybeans should be an interesting one with… “Really strong supply growth expected both in the…

Solar Storm that Brought Northern Lights South also Knocked Out GPS During Planting

Solar Storm that Brought Northern Lights South also Knocked Out GPS During Planting

NAFB News ServiceMay 14, 2024

While a solar storm brought the aurora borealis to a large part of the U.S., it also played havoc with…

Troxler Promotes Hardy to Helm Agronomic Services Division

Troxler Promotes Hardy to Helm Agronomic Services Division

NCDA and CSMay 14, 2024

RALEIGH – Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler recently announced the promotion of Dr. David Hardy to head the N.C. Department of…

SC Commissioner Weathers: SC ‘Seafood School’

SC Commissioner Weathers: SC ‘Seafood School’

Mike DavisMay 14, 2024

The seafood industry has an important history in South Carolina. The coastline is famous for its beaches, but also for…

NC Commissioner Troxler: Time to Vaccinate Against EEE and West Nile Virus

NC Commissioner Troxler: Time to Vaccinate Against EEE and West Nile Virus

Mike DavisMay 14, 2024

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler is encouraging equine owners to have their animals vaccinated against Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis and West Nile…

Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday May 14

Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday May 14

Mike DavisMay 13, 2024

This is the Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at [email protected] or 843-540-4540. The USDA May…