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The Strengthening Processing for U.S. Ranchers, or SPUR, Guaranteed Loan Program aims to encourage more processors across the country. Undersecretary of Rural Development Glen Smith gives more details on the initiative. “It’s in the form of guaranteed loans, up to 90 percent guarantee. That means those processors, it can be for new facilities, it can be for new equipment, it …
Some news around the peanut belt. I want to remind you that the Georgia National Fairgrounds is the site for the Georgia National Antique Ag Show. It’s coming up November 11th through the 14th. That’ll be at the fairgrounds. Admission is free and you get to see a lot of old equipment working to see how agriculture developed over the …
Grain markets look to close lower for the fifth week in a row, November continuing the weakness that we saw in October. December corn on October 6th had just breached the $5 level. August rally was rolling over after reaching $5.50. Now here we are a month later, it’s been nearly a straight line down for five weeks in a …
American Agriculture History Minute Explores the South’s Early Farming Economy Agriculture in the American South developed differently from farming in the Midwest and New England, shaped by differences in land ownership, crop production and the growing demand for agricultural exports in Europe. In this installment of the American Agriculture History Minute, Mark Oppold examines how southern farmers produced food and …
The Florida Beef Council (FBC) recently attended the Food Nutrition Conference and Expo. Deanne Maples with the Florida Beef Council sat down to tell us more. “The Florida Beef Council joined more than 8,000 attendees in San Antonio last week. That’s a premier conference for health care professionals, registered dieticians, nutritionists, researchers, educators, those folks who are helping to guide …
Several feral swine eradication and control pilot program projects were awarded additional funding recently. U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service Chief of Staff Kyle Allen discusses examples of these projects. “Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, they had three projects that were awarded across Baylor County, Coleman County, Haskell County, several counties across the state,” said Allen. …
Who buys peanuts from America? The number one buyer this past year from January through August of 2026, it shows China was the number one buyer. They bought 40% of all the peanuts that went out of the country. Amazing how much they use in making peanut oil. They bought 181,000 metric tons, almost 41% of the U.S. export. Mexico …
Farm machinery sales for new equipment remain the lowest in nearly a decade, but John Deere, for one, sees better days ahead. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers‘ latest data through September shows new tractor sales down 12.6% from a year ago, new combine sales down just short of 10%, but in spite of those numbers, John Deere reporting they plan …
Railroads Helped Open New Lands to American Farmers Railroads played a significant role in the expansion of American agriculture during the mid-19th century, helping bring settlers to new farming regions and encouraging the development of agricultural communities across the country. As the United States expanded westward, federal land policies and railroad companies created opportunities for families seeking affordable farmland. The …
Keeping an eye on the soy complex at midweek, the soy complex, in our view, doesn’t appear to have much of a chance to rebound. Fund traders still hold nearly 400,000 combined contracts in soybean, soybean oil, and soybean meal. And while they do see better demand ahead, the soy complex so closely tied to crude oil, we saw what …
