Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Rhonda Garrison to discuss “Today’s Topic.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released its official 2012 crop production summary for a variety of field crops, and the data confirm that it was a very good year in North Carolina farmers. Commissioner Troxler tells [...]
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Rhonda Garrison to discuss “Today’s Topic.” The latest USDA crop report for North Carolina continues to forecast strong yields for the state’s largest field crops, as long as Hurricane Sandy doesn’t mess them up. The cotton yield is now forecast to be 910 [...]
When Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler talked with the Southern Farm Network’s Rhonda Garrison about the USDA August crop forecast for North Carolina, he was happy that yields were up from a year ago (you can listen to their conversation here). He should be even happier after seeing the September forecast. Here’s the skinny on what [...]
Followers of the In The Field blog might remember an earlier post about the N.C. History Museum’s outdoor garden, where sorghum, peanuts, flue-cured and burley tobacco, cotton, corn, beans and squash are among the crops on display. These crops represent some of the state’s leading commodities. We’re happy to report that the garden continues to grow, attracting a [...]
The USDA released its June Crop Report Tuesday, and I can’t say I was surprised by the numbers. As expected, soybean acreage increased 7 percent over last year, to 1.8 million acres. That’s the highest acreage in North Carolina since 1985. Because of high global demand, soybean prices are very good now, and N.C. farmers [...]