California farmers and ranchers report that labor shortages continue to be an issue despite multiple efforts to help remedy the problem. The California Farm Bureau Federation (CFBF) worked with the…
Online Tool Available for New Dairy Margin Coverage Program
…coverage levels, monthly payments, and more flexible production coverage options are especially helpful for the sizable majority of farms who can cover much of their milk production with the new…
Report Released on Rural Broadband and Benefits of Next Generation Precision Agriculture
…Generation Precision Agriculture Technologies (PDF, 2.5 MB). The report finds that deployment of both broadband e-Connectivity and Next Generation Precision Agriculture Technology on farms and ranches throughout the U.S. could…
CARB and CDFA Develop New Climate-Smart Agriculture Initiative
…allow businesses in the food and fiber supply chain to directly fund climate projects on California farms and ranches through public-private collaboration. “Farmers and ranchers have long been at the…
Central Valley Meat Company Acquires Harris Ranch Beef
…by the transaction, including the Harris Ranch Inn and Restaurant, Farms Division, Horse Division, and River Ranch will remain fully owned by Harris Farms. Listen to the report below. About…
USDA Opens Application Portal for New ReConnect Rural Broadband Infrastructure Program
…very excited to begin accepting applications for funds from this new and innovative program, which will bring critical infrastructure investments to homes, farms, ranches, schools and health care sites in…
Farm Groups Ask President, Congress for Disaster Relief
A group of 135 farm organizations and banks that supply seasonal loans to farms and ranches today called on the President and Congress to put aside political differences and supply…
Ag Census Looks at Data Differently
The release of the National Agriculture Statistic Service’s Census of Agriculture showed there are more women and younger farmers who are making decisions on farms nationwide. The service found this…
Almond Matters: Springtime Monitoring Important for Orchard Success
…and temperatures start to heat up growers are advised to keep a close eye on what is going happening on their farms. “There’s a lot going on right now in…
NRCS Invites Proposals for 2019 Conservation Innovation Grants
…farms and ranches. “These grants present an outstanding opportunity for us as an Agency to find the intersection between cutting-edge, innovative thinkers and on-the-ground conservation doers,” said Tom Hedt, Assistant…
Census Reports California Operating Farms are Down
…number of operating farms went down by nine percent since 2012, however the Golden State houses seven of the top ten counties in the nation. The state also leads the…
2017 Census of Agriculture Data Now Available
…demographics, economics, land and activities on U.S. farms and ranches. Some key highlights include: There are 2.04 million farms and ranches (down 3.2 percent from 2012) with an average size…
More California Asparagus Acres Going Under
…Farms President Jeff Klein last year when well-known asparagus packer Kings Crown out of Tracy shut its doors. “10, possibly 15 years ago there was at least 35,000, and I…
USDA Census of Agriculture One Week Away
…on Thursday, April 11, at noon ET. The full Census report will include millions of data points, including number of farms, land in farms, total value of production, demographics, and…