…Obama Administration’s and Secretary Vilsack’s place-based initiatives, Promise Zones and StrikeForce, to address rural areas facing significant economic challenges. These initiatives and the emphasis on Community Economic Development (CED) are…
Agri View: Agriculture Productivity
…application. See the Amber Waves feature, U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth: The Past, Challenges, and the Future for more information. ERS’ productivity accounts provide estimates of productivity growth for the aggregate…
USDA Microloans Help Purchase Land and Improve Property
…of the biggest challenges they face in establishing and growing their own farming operation,” said Harden. “USDA is making it easier for new farmers to hit the ground running and…
Ports Shutdown Slowed Growth in 2015
…month when there weren’t any shipping problems,” Waycott said. “Especially with shipping to Asia which was having several problems in other respects, the port slowdown just exacerbated those other problems.”…
Agri View: Buy or Rent Farmland
…get a patch of dirt to call their own: buying or renting. There are advantages to both, but each option also has major drawbacks and challenges that can make it…
New Air Quality Incentives for Nut Farmers to Adopt Low-Emission Harvesters
…can be obtained at the NRCS Service Centers. California is home to some of the biggest air quality challenges in the nation with much of the state failing to meet…
The Western View: Indoor Vertical Farming
…the cross-country shipping eliminated, those crops should sell for a low price. It just might be a game changer for the produce business. I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western…
Wet Weather Doesn’t Hinder Citrus Harvest
…exceptional.” “So far, so good,” Severns said. “There are still a lot of challenges that could happen between now and the end of harvest, but we’re bullish on this crop.”…
Agri View: Water Management
…with water scarcity challenges facing irrigated agriculture in a changing water environment. Topics examined include the following: The value of irrigated agriculture to U.S. agriculture, where it occurs, and what…
Fictitious Pickups Cost Consumer Too
…from a Los-Angeles based organized crime ring. By hacking into a Department of Transportation database, thieves obtain and manipulate identities and shipping information for trucking and transportation companies. Once the…
Stallman Ready to Pass the Gavel – #AFBF16
…head of the nation’s largest farm organization – echoed the challenges farmers and ranchers face when government oversteps the limits of the law. He reminded attendees that the organization’s struggle…
Town Hall Meeting With Tom Vilsack and Bob Stallman Focuses on Farm Policy
…in the trade discussion as we are now.” Vilsack discussed the challenges and benefits of the farm bill and the importance of opening up new markets through agreements like the…
Agriculture Labor Seeing Competitive Trend
…seeing labor challenges, especially in California. Growers often struggle in some degree to find capable workers to harvest the mass amount of specialty crops grown in the state. California Farm…
Stallman to Farmers and Ranchers: Stand Up and Be Counted
…the nation’s largest farm organization – echoed the challenges farmers and ranchers face when government oversteps the limits of the law. He reminded attendees that the organization’s struggle to overturn…