…certified organic farming grows. This survey will be another step forward by USDA in its commitment to helping certified organic agriculture thrive and will ensure that future decisions impacting the…
40 Percent of Farms Managed by Multiple Operators
…Also, additional operators can offer other resources, such as capital or farmland. Having a secondary operator may also provide a successor when an older principal operator phases out of farming….
NMPF, USDEC Urge Trump Administration Not to Cede Export Opportunities
…or one day’s worth of milk production out of each week. In 2015, those exports were worth over $5 billion, and helped generate more than 120,000 jobs in dairy farming,…
Agri View: A Clear Misunderstanding
Everett Griner talks about consumers misunderstanding the farmer and farming in today’s Agri View. A Clear Misunderstanding I think it is fair to assume that one of the most difficult…
In South State, Lingering Drought Worries Farmers
…“Sometimes I tell some of my friends, ‘Maybe I should just go to Vegas and put all the money I spend farming on a roulette wheel,’” Munz joked. “I wouldn’t…
CDFA Farm Bill Listening Sessions
…a robust farm safety net, promotes farming and ranching practices that are environmentally sound and provides important nutritional funding for our citizens. How our California Congressional delegation helps to shape…
Make-up of Family Farms
…of Family Farms The business of farming remains mostly a family business. According to a recent USDA study on family farms and their diversity. “Well 99 percent of U-S farms…
Minimum Wage, Truck Exemption Among New Laws
…the farming trade. The state’s minimum wage went up to $10.50 per hour for businesses employing 26 or more people. Those with 25 or fewer on the payroll still have…
USDA Expands Grasslands Conservation Program
…not selected in a ranking period are rolled over into the next ranking period. Small livestock operations or other farming and ranching operations interested in participating in CRP Grasslands should…
Support for People with Disabilities in Agriculture
…AgrAbility helped him transition into farming at Wild Roots Farm in Vermont. “I ended up linking with people in AgrAbility and that has been really wonderful because it’s not just…
Farm Service Agency Expands Bridges to Opportunity Nationwide
…grow or benefit farming and ranching operations. “Bridges to Opportunity embodies FSA’s modernized approach to customer service. By providing a broader array of resources than FSA or USDA alone, FSA…
Agri View: Future of Agriculture
…the way things have gone in the last decade and with getting a start in the lifetime of farming so costly will we have enough young people to keep the…
Agri View: Cellular Agriculture
Everett Griner talks about cellular farming being the way of the future in today’s Agri View. Cellular Agriculture For those that are concerned the world population when it reaches seven…
Farmers Urge Their Peers to Define ‘Sustainability’ for Themselves
…Relationships are also a critical element of sustainability for Heger. “Farming is all about relationships. It’s about my husband and I knowing what’s going on. What can we afford? What’s…