early American agriculture

Colonial Fur Trade and Wheat Demand Shaped Early American Farming

DanAgri-Business, American Agriculture History Minute, Grain, This Land of Ours, Trade, Wheat

International trade played a powerful role in shaping agriculture in early America. Long before the United States became a global agricultural powerhouse, colonial farmers and traders were already responding to …

early American

Early American Farmers and the Cycle of Moving West

DanAgri-Business, American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

American agriculture has always been shaped by the land—and by how farmers chose to use it. In today’s American Agriculture History Minute, agricultural broadcaster Mark Oppold highlights the work of …

Woolf Farming

From Water Challenges to Agave Innovation: The Woolf Farming Story

DanAgave, Agri-Business, Almonds, Climate Change, Conservation, Drought, Economy, Environment, Exports/Imports, Exports/Imports, Interview, Irrigation, Pistachios, Special Reports, Specialty Crops, Tariffs, Technology, Trade, Water

A Multi-Generational Legacy on California’s Westside At Woolf Farming & Processing, agriculture is more than a business—it’s a legacy that began in 1974 and continues to evolve with each generation. …

California water

California Water, SGMA, and the Future of Farming

DanAgri-Business, Conservation, Environment, Interview, Irrigation, Special Reports, Water

California agriculture has always depended on one critical resource: water. But understanding today’s water debates requires looking back at how the state’s complex water system was built—and how policy decisions …

California water policy

California Water Debate: Can Farming’s Future Be Secured?

DanAgNet News Hour, Agri-Business, Interview, Irrigation, Legislative, Podcasts, Regulation, Special Reports, Water

California agriculture sits at the center of an ongoing debate over water policy, infrastructure, and the future of farming in the state. In a recent episode of the AgNet News …

water abundance

John Duarte Calls for Water Abundance in California

DanAgri-Business, Interview, Irrigation, Special Reports, Water

California agriculture has long faced uncertainty when it comes to water. But during a recent conversation on the Ag Meter, former Congressman and Duarte Nursery owner John Duarte laid out …

California water

California Water, Energy, and Policy: Duarte, Vanden Heuvel Break It Down

DanAgNet News Hour, Agri-Business, Biofuels/Energy, Climate Change, Drought, Economy, Environment, Interview, Irrigation, Labor and Immigration, Legislative, Podcasts, Regulation, Special Reports, Water

California agriculture sits at the center of some of the state’s most important policy debates—water supply, infrastructure, energy, and the future of farming. Those issues took center stage on the …

AgNet News Hour podcast

AgNet News Hour Podcast: Business, Ag Education, Water History & Orchard Health

DanAgNet News Hour, Agri-Business, Biofuels/Energy, Climate Change, Conservation, Economy, Education, Energy, Environment, Event, Exports/Imports, Exports/Imports, Farm Bill, Growing Edge, Interview, Irrigation, Labor and Immigration, Legislative, Podcasts, Regulation, Special Reports, Tariffs, Trade, Vegetables, Water

The latest AgNet News Hour Podcast delivers another packed episode with Nick “The Ag Meter” Papagni and “Sir” Josh McGill, bringing listeners a wide-ranging discussion on agriculture, business, education, water …