The United States Farmers and Ranchers Alliance says storytelling is often the best way for farmers in This Land of Ours to engage in conversations with consumers about how they…
California’s Three Largest Dairy Cooperatives Submit Proposal for California to Join the Federal Milk Marketing Order
…years of operation, Land O’Lakes today operates some of the most respected brands in agribusiness and food production including LAND O LAKES® Dairy Foods, Purina Animal Nutrition and WinField. The…
Water Rights: Farmers Prepare For Possibility of New Curtailments
…water from Shasta Dam through the federal Central Valley Project, he said she received no water and ended up planting only one-fifth of the land, using groundwater and “what some…
Farm Radio News/Talk Show Comes to Monterey County
…specialty crop, regional, and modern farming news reports by AgNet West Assistant Farm News Director Taylor Hillman; This Land of Ours, a consumer/ag feature reported daily by television and radio…
Who Is The Farm Program Decision Maker on Rented Land?
…lot of their land, who gets to make the important Farm Bill decisions about such things as base acre reallocation? Who Is The Farm Program Decision Maker on Rented Land?…
Farm Bureau Approves Strategic Action Plan for 2015
…members and their abilities to operate their farms and ranches.” Stallman said farmers and ranchers know first-hand the importance of clean water. They usually live on the land they work,…
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Makes Major Announcement Regarding Conservation Projects
…resources on private lands. In addition to supporting local conservation goals, clean land and water investments create jobs in local communities. Conservation work involves building and maintaining infrastructure, such as…
Farm Bureau Delegates Set Public Policy Positions for 2015
…are derived from the federal government’s attempt to overreach in its regulation of land use. “This is particularly true with respect to improper application of federal water rules,” Stallman said….
Stallman: Farmers and Ranchers Still Optimistic Despite Washington’s Past Dysfunction
…for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers to ditch the widely reviled Waters of the U.S. proposal, which would regulate land use under the guise of…
Western View: The Bakersfield Sound
…the Central Valley: hardworking people who live close to the land. The songs resonated with many and made their mark in other genres; the Beatles recorded “Act Naturally”, and did…
USDA Observes Kick Off of the International Year of Soils
…land. Conservation that works to improve soil health is one of the best tools NRCS has to help landowners face these impending challenges – and maintain and improve their productivity…
Help Available for Wildfire-Impacted Ranches and Private Forestland
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has funds available through its Catastrophic Fire Recovery Initiative to address the immediate impacts of fire on natural resources on land that has suffered…
AFBF President on Passage of Tax Extenders Bill
…to tax provisions like Section 179 small business expensing and bonus depreciation, hard-working Americans will be free to put their money directly back to work on their land and in…
USDA to Gauge Farmland Ownership and Farm Economics
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will begin surveying farmland owners to measure financial impacts and challenges of land ownership. Landowners will begin receiving forms for…