…livestock and farm infrastructure from coast to coast, making it critically important to provide assistance quickly and reduce the paperwork burden on these farmers and ranchers recovering from disaster,” FSA…
House Agriculture Subcommittee Hearing on Hemp
…will significantly reduce the cost of operations and encourage farmers to adopt stable genetics that produce consistency in the industry, helping several facets of the industry simultaneously – both farmers…
Almond Update: International Program Shines Positive Light on Almond Production
…three weeks in multiple almond orchards capturing footage of bloom. Much of the focus on almond production revolves around pollination and bee health. One of the farmers, Christine Gemperle, is…
Vilsack Visits California to Announce Local Food Purchase Agreement
…The food purchases made through LFPA will provide consistent access to locally and regionally sourced food, helping provide economic stability for farmers, producers, and families, and improve health outcomes through…
Syngenta Opens $15 Million Global Vegetable Seeds Quality Control Lab
…testing is a service and a requirement that we have to ensure that the seed that we provide our customers, the farmers, is safe, clean, and secure,” explained Matthew Johnston,…
USDA Taking Applications for On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials
…Service (NRCS), Terry Cosby said in a news release. “Through On-Farm Trials, partners can work directly with farmers and ranchers to test and adopt new strategies on agricultural lands, accelerating…
Collaborating with Responsible Environmental Groups
Farmers and the environmental community are not always at odds with each other. Often, the agricultural industry and environmental and conservancy groups have overlapping interests, which can be better addressed…
“Rock the Crop” Sweepstakes Deadline Approaching
…celebrate U.S. agriculture with its second annual Rock the Crop Concert Sweepstakes. U.S. farmers and ranchers must enter by July 25 for a chance to win a private, on-farm concert…
Increased Tariffs on Fertilizer Imports Rejected by ITC
…a news release. “We appreciate the commission’s recognition that adding unnecessary import costs would have made it difficult for farmers to access an affordable supply of this crucial nutrient at…
Removing Barriers to Meet Growing Demand for Food
The American Farm Bureau is calling on USDA to take steps to make sure American farmers continue to have access to crucial fertilizer supplies. The organization submitted comments on USDA’s…
House Agriculture Hearing on Credit for Farmers
…the reliance of young and beginning farmers on government loans,” he said. “Many farmers and ranchers will borrow more in each growing season than the average American will borrow in…
Popcorn’s Effects on Gut Microbiomes
…published in a peer reviewed journal and the closest to reaching farmers’ fields. The farmers across the state of Nebraska plant more than 60,000 acres of popcorn each year and produce…
Battle Over Atrazine Continues
…Marshall says the proposed action, if made final, will result in new highly restrictive label mitigation measures on atrazine, and would be costly to farmers. “Well, the switching cost to…
Family Farm Living Expenses
…$74,000 in 2014 and the largest yearly change since 2000. Agricultural Economic Insights says tight farm margins starting in 2014 made farmers tighten their belts, and overall, producers benefited from…