Summary: The latest National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Crop Progress and Condition Reports show farmers are busy putting in this year’s crops and conditions point to mostly adequate soil moisture. Regional agronomists reports indicate the planting season is off to a good start. It’s a busy time on the farm between planting and harvesting crops … Read more
Summary: At the beginning of the month the National Agricultural Statistics Service released the 2024 planting intentions for North Carolina with cotton, flue-cured tobacco and soybeans looking to pick up small increases in acreage. Corn, peanut and winter wheat plantings are projected down. Today’s Topic with Southern Farm Network’s Mike Davis At the start of … Read more
NASS surveys have been sent to producers who are encouraged to provide responses to this first ever survey of labor needs and practices. Today’s Topic with Southern Farm Network’s Mike Davis Farmers should have recently received or may soon receive a labor survey from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This is … Read more
The National Agricultural Statistics Service recently released its September crop production estimates and yield is projected up from the August forecast for corn and cotton. Yields of tobacco, corn, cotton, soybeans and peanuts are projected to be above 2020 numbers as well. The National Agricultural Statistics Service recently released its September crop production report and … Read more
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Mike Davis to discuss “Today’s Topic.” The National Agricultural Statistics Services recently released its June plantings and while corn and cotton plantings are up by 7 percent, tobacco, soybeans, peanuts and winter wheat are down.
Each week we round up the latest N.C. agricultural headlines from news outlets across the state and country, as well as excerpts from the stories. “State lifts ban after avian flu outbreak last year,” Shelby Star: The suspension of live poultry shows and sales has been lifted, a week earlier than when the ban was … Read more
