…family farms and ranches, and farmer and rancher cooperatives are given special priority. USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Sam Rikkers announced the grants on Vilsack’s behalf during a visit to…
‘Stealth Visits’ Concern the Livestock Industry
…taken to reduce the chances of infectious diseases being introduced to farms by people, animals, equipment or vehicles. Activists breaking into and entering farms flies in the face of every…
Farm Profits and Adoption of Precision Agriculture
…26 percent of these farms. The largest corn farms, over 2,900 acres, have double the PA adoption rates of all farms: 70-80 percent of large farms use mapping, about 80…
Succession Plans can Assure Farms Stay in the Family
Exactly how a family farm or ranch will be transferred from one generation to the next can be costly, confusing and difficult. Some families address this challenge as soon as…
Additional Lender Category for Small-Scale Operators
…are tailored for smaller scale farms and urban producers. The program, called EZ Guarantee Loans, uses a simplified application process to help beginning, small, underserved and family farmers and ranchers…
‘One-Two Punch’ of River Flow Plans Hits Rural California
Plans announced to dedicate more Sacramento River flows to fish will harm farms and ranches statewide, according to the California Farm Bureau Federation. By limiting the amount of water that…
USDA/NIFA Awards $4.7 M for Food Safety Outreach, Education
…NIFA’s Food Safety Outreach Program, will assist owners and operators of small to mid-sized farms, beginning farmers, socially-disadvantaged farmers, small processors, small fresh fruit and vegetable wholesalers, food hubs, farmers…
Orchard Wood Recycling Offers Disposal Option
…of growers and dealers last week at Tallerico Farms in Manteca. The recycling project is being paid for by the Almond Board of California. In February, UCCE held a demonstration…
Dannon Responds to Ag Attack
…milk supply model in 2010 to work directly with the farms that provide its milk. “We created a new way to work with dairy farmers to improve our shared sustainability…
Agri View: Corporate or Family Farm
…clearly understood. Many people, including a lot of our elected politicians think only in terms of large farms. Ninety-eight percent of our nation’s farms are family farms. Just because a…
National Farmer’s Day
…has been an example to all of us and today we thank them for their contributions to our economy. More than two million farms dot America’s rural landscape. About 97…
Study Shows Billions in Losses to U.S. Dairy Industry
…in the U.S. domestic marketplace could shutter family farms, eliminate thousands of rural jobs and hurt the overall U.S. economy, the analysis said. The European Union advocates extending GI protections…
Progress during National School Lunch Week and Farm to School Month
…has invested close to $1 billion in 40,000 local food-related projects on farms and in communities across the country. You can find local and regional supply chain resources on the…
FSA Aids Farmers Impacted by Fires
…have had four fires up there in the last couple of years that have really impacted the farms and ranches in the area,” Dolcini said. “So we have helped with…