…other local farmers and ranchers that have worked with the program in the establishment of easements on farmland. About the Author Brian German Facebook Twitter Ag News Director, AgNet West…
Report Details Overall Benefits of Organic Production
…organic acreage from four percent of California farmland to ten percent by 2030. The next report in the series, the Policy Report, will put forth policy recommendations to enable the…
General Mills Continues Regenerative Agriculture Investments
…well as suppliers and farm advisors to implement regenerative ag practices on one million acres of farmland by 2030. Regenerative agriculture constitutes a holistic type of farming, with methods aimed…
Getting More from Your Bank with Farmer Mac Services
…lenders across the country on their farmland loans,” said Patrick Kerrigan, Vice President of Business Development at Farmer Mac. “We partner with approximately 700 community bank lenders involved in agriculture,…
Reaction to First 2019 CVP Water Allocation
…of their land can be farmed and how much productive farmland will need to be fallowed and contribute to over pumping groundwater. Westlands looks forward to working with Reclamation and…
Farm Bureau to USDA: New Regulations Must Protect Both Farmland and Wetland
…the benefits for both farmland and wetland, as Congress intended, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. As it was written, the Interim Rule makes program participation much more difficult…
Farm Bureau Sues to Block Flows Plan for Lower San Joaquin River
…Act—all of which would cause direct, indirect and cumulative effects on agricultural resources. “California farmland is a significant environmental resource, providing food, farm products and jobs for people throughout the…
More Women Returning to the Farm in Management Roles
…U.S. farms and ranches, and own 30 percent of all farmland in the country, said Bernick. Forty-four percent of FFA students are girls. “Yet women are still less than 10…
Western View: Why Water Management Matters
…grow crops without irrigation. Cities also need 37 inches of rainfall per year to meet their water demand. Yet California’s farmland – and most of its people – are on a…
Farmland Access Remains A Challenge for Young and Beginning Farmers
…or older. That is due in part to the high-cost of farmland making it difficult for farmers aged 40 and under to become landowners. Farmland prices have increased nearly two…
Women Are Out-Earning Men in the Business of Farming
…farmers was a bit higher at 33 percent, with a total of 40,072 women working on more than 9.5 million acres of farmland. Women working in agriculture had an economic…
70 Percent of Farmland to Change Hands in Next 20 Years
Farmers National Company says 70 percent of farmland will transfer ownership over the next 20 years. The transfers will occur by sale, will, trust beneficiary or gifts, according to the…
The Western View: A Fix for California Water Problems?
…the environmental lobby, forcing the state to release water to flow into the ocean at the price of farmland. This increased flow was due to what is called “biological opinions”….
Bankers Expect Farmland Prices to Continue Decline
Rural bankers expect farmland prices will continue to decline. In the latest Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index, Midwest lenders on average estimated that farmland prices declined by 4.0 percent over…