Do you have questions about the programs in the 2014 farm bill and how you can benefit from them? You are invited to workshops to get the answers to your …
Consumer Preference Affecting Potato Industry
Consumer tendencies are causing the potato industry to look at apples displayed in the supermarket as a model. Taylor Hillman has the story. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Protecting …
USDA and Farm Bureau Co-host Meetings to Answer Farm Bill Questions
The new 2014 Farm Bill brought changes in conservation, commodity programs, crop insurance, rural development programs, loans, disaster programs, energy opportunities and much more. Many of these changes will take …
Agri View: Farm Thefts
Everett Griner talks about farm products having great value in today’s Agri View. Farm Thefts Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Protecting Your Operation from Damaging Fire AntsJuly 11, 2024Controlling …
Testing New Potato Varieties
Potatoes were the topic in Kern County at the University of California Cooperative Extension’s potato variety trial field day. AgNet West’s Taylor Hillman was there. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember …
Vilsack Message: Local Markets, Local Growth
Many consumers want to “buy local” and support their local economy with their purchases. When local food marketing opportunities exist for rural producers, they cause ripple effects throughout the rural …
NRCS Drought Assistance Averts Hazardous Wind Erosion in the Klamath Basin
One of the early successes of this year’s drought response in California is the work of Klamath Basin farmers to rapidly establish cover crops on fallowed land. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture …
USDA Farm Service Agency Phone Scam Alert
Farm Service Agency has become aware that scam phone calls are being made to customers regarding disaster payments. The caller identifies themselves as being from Farm Loan Services in Washington, …
Agri View: Up and Down Ride
Everett Griner talks about farmers struggle and the economic ride in today’s Agri View. Up and Down Ride Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Protecting Your Operation from Damaging Fire …
USDA Video: This Week @ USDA June 6
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For more information: Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Protecting Your Operation from Damaging …
Service Agency County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2014 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the nomination period for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees begins Sunday, June 15, 2014. Sponsored ContentCIR …
USDA Announces Programs to Conserve Sensitive Land and Help Beginning Farmers
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that farmers, ranchers and landowners committed to protecting and conserving environmentally sensitive land may now sign up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). The …
Key Agriculture Componet Added to Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Awards
For the first time in the history of the Governor’s Economic and Leadership Awards (GEELA), the category of Agricultural Ecosystem Services has been added for statewide recognition by the California …
AFBF: EPA Greenhouse Gas Plan Harmful to Economy, Agriculture
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 2014—The Environmental Protection Agency’s latest greenhouse gas proposal will harm the nation’s economy, rural communities and America’s farm and ranch families if implemented, the American Farm …