…to find purpose and meaning in life and enable them to learn valuable vocational skills to meet the demand for agricultural ownership, employment, or other advanced schooling.Facilitate healing for those…
Conservation Reserve Program Results
…a record demand from farmers and ranchers interested in participating in the voluntary program. As of March 2016, 23.8 million acres were enrolled in CRP, with 1.7 million acres set…
Two Sides of TPP
…an economic analysis conducted by the American Farm Bureau Federation. “TPP will mean a boat-load of expanded exports and increased demand for America’s agricultural products,” AFBF President Zippy Duvall said….
Whiskey Study
…often described like smooth caramel, while rye is called dry and brash. Despite the quickly growing demand for whiskey in the United States (with revenues over $2.6 billion in 2014),…
USDA Unveils New ‘Urban Agriculture Toolkit’
…support the growing demand for local and regional food systems. Visit the KYF2 website atwww.usda.gov/knowyourfarmer to find local and regional food system resources in your community. Learn more about the…
Loans for Farm Storage-Handling Equipment
…option with lower down payments, are designed to help producers, including new, small and mid-sized producers, grow their businesses and markets. “As more communities reconnect with agriculture, consumer demand is…
Almond Tree Increase Brings Questions and Benefits
…estimated at 1,110,000, up from 1,050,000 acres the previous year. This growth follows a twenty year trend in which California almond acreage has doubled, matching increasing global demand for heart-healthy,…
Resource to Help Food Hubs
…also satisfying growing consumer demand for local products. The new report, Running a Food Hub: Assessing Financial Viability, provides modules and best practices for food hubs to maximize profits and…
Agri View: Ostrich Farming
…birds to slaughter. Ostriches On-Line, predicts that the ostrich market could be in for a huge increase in demand in the near future. The potential is there for this growth,…
New Partnerships to Link Underserved Farmers
…on the web at www.fsa.usda.gov/outreach. USDA is also helping producers find an entry into farming through urban agriculture opportunities and the increasing consumer demand for locally-produced items. Under this Administration,…
Agri View: Farming Times
…Stallman The last decade will almost certainly be remembered as a golden age of agriculture in the United States. High global demand, a cheap dollar and bumper crops meant farming…
Agri View: Robot Tractors and Agriculture
…near doubling in global demand for food over the next 10 years – A deceleration in crop yield growth – A scarcity of farm labor due to an aging farm…
EPA Anti-Farmer Campaign
145 House Members Demand Answers from EPA on Anti-Farmer Campaign EPA funds used in anti-farmer campaign in Washington State Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX),…
NASS Mid-Year Surveys
…and annual Crop Production reports, as well as the annual Small Grains Summary and USDA’s monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. “NASS safeguards the privacy of all responses and…