…hurricanes, hail, flooding and severe weather events as displayed in the data table below. AFBF crop loss estimates do not include infrastructure damage, livestock losses, horticulture crop losses or timber…
Speaker McCarthy Emphasizes Importance of Farmers at 2023 World Ag Expo
…address, noting the challenges that agriculture faces in international markets. “When we have fair trade, we can compete and we can put our products on every table,” said McCarthy. Highlighting…
Legislation Seeks to Protect U.S. Farmland from Foreign Investment
…“America’s agriculture community needs to have a permanent seat at the table when our government vets foreign investment in our country,” said Senator Tuberville. “Adding all parts of the agricultural…
VofV: Belinda Clarke and the Many Ways Science Can Help Growers Adapt
…and farmers, technology developers and researchers.” Donohue, Wilson, and Clarke touch on the different industries that are coming to the table to offer agricultural tools from space tech to biology….
VofV: Seana Day on How Farmers Can Use Technology to Make Financially Sound Decisions
…be honest, there’s a lot of risk. You leave revenue on the table. Your costs are inflated. There’s more risk than there should be because we’re not able to access…
VofV: Focused on a Better Future with Ashley Swearengin, Central Valley Foundation CEO and Former Fresno Mayor
…Food Innovation (F3) program. “The whole point of F3 is to set a table big enough for every aspect of the food economy to have a seat at the table…
Almond Update: Looking Forward to 2023 with Industry Optimism
…number of issues that are on the table to be cleaned up, but I do think that we will find our way.” Many of the challenges the industry has been…
Fighting Hunger During the Holidays
…of 6 people turned to the charitable food sector for help in 2021. Casey Marsh, Chief Development Officer at Feeding America says, “Hunger doesn’t take a break during the holidays,…
Experience and Education Critical for Adapting to Agricultural Challenges
…diversified operation with several varieties of table grapes, peppers, cucumbers, and squash, DuPuis said there is no shortage of obstacles. Taking an approach of trial and error in both conventional…
Almond Update: 2022 Almond Conference Less Than a Week Away
…program online at almonds.com/conference and they can see a table of all of this education available and where and how they need to get that.” Another adjustment to this year’s…
Sustainably Feeding a Growing World
…topic and lots of diverse voices at the table always at the World Food Prize. U.S. Soy has been a sponsor of this since its conception quite a long time…
Who Grows Our Holiday Favorites?
…your family table came from. Minnesota remains the leading turkey producer, followed by North Carolina, Arkansas and Indiana. Wisconsin and Massachusetts are the leading producers of cranberries. Illinois produced 98%…
VofV: The Produce Moms’ Lori Taylor on Educating Consumers About Food and Farming
…pull back the veil for the general public about the process of produce farming. “Our mission is to simple: To get more fruits and vegetables on every table,” she says….
U.S. Railway Strike Looming
…unions at the bargaining table. The BRS represents more than 6,000 members affected by the negotiations. Union President Michael Baldwin said in a statement, it was the first time he…