…issues impacting agriculture today and potential solutions, including supply chain challenges, climate-smart agriculture and more. More than 4,500 people attended the 2022 virtual Forum. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s program here….
First Round of Meat Industry Investments Announced
…round of the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the grant funding will support producer income and strengthen the food…
Thanksgiving Turkeys May Be Smaller This Year
…Halvorson’s This Land of Ours program here. Thanksgiving Turkeys May Be Smaller This Year Sabrina Halvorson National Correspondent / AgNet Media, Inc. Sabrina Halvorson is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and…
Deadline Nearing to Apply for $63 Million in Conservation Funding Assistance
…Incentives Program (EQIP), and the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). Approximately $53 million will be made available for conservation practices and initiatives conducted through EQIP. Additionally, approximately $11 million will be…
AgNet News Hour: Wednesday, 11-02-22
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers the recent roundtable on supply chain issues, a prune breeding program that is…
Farmers Say Cover Crops Are On 40 Percent of Cropland
…This Land of Ours program here. Farmers Say Cover Crops Are On 40 Percent of Cropland Sabrina Halvorson National Correspondent / AgNet Media, Inc. Sabrina Halvorson is an award-winning journalist,…
Investment of More than $71 Million to Support Underserved Producers
…and USDA’s 2501 Program. USDA is investing $36.1 million in grants through the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program, simply known as the 2501…
Genetically Engineered Crop Acreage Grows
…program here. Sabrina Halvorson National Correspondent / AgNet Media, Inc. Sabrina Halvorson is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and public speaker who specializes in agriculture. She primarily reports on legislative issues…
U.S. Railway Strike Looming
…as much as $2 billion per day. A strike could start as soon as November 19. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s program here. U.S. Railway Strike Looming Sabrina Halvorson National Correspondent…
Nearly $119 Million in FARMER Funding Accepted and Appropriated
…program comes from California’s cap-and-trade program, the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund, and the Air Quality Improvement Fund. The California Air Resources Board administers the program, with…
Mississippi River Water Levels Remain at Near-Record Low
…The low water levels are a result of drought in the Mississippi River basin and come at a critical time for the shipping of crop harvests. The river serves as…
Third Quarter Report Shows Economic Improvement
…with the weather to the cooler fall trends. We drive less in the cooler months, causing demand to go down and prices to follow. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s program here….
Pumpkin Season in Full Swing
…most of those pumpkins make quite the trip to get to those stores, patches, and porches. The USDA’s Economic Research Service says about 40 percent of pumpkin acres are harvested…
USDA Invests Another $759 Million in Rural Broadband
…to succeed in today’s world.” The $759 million in loans and grants for rural broadband comes from the third funding round of the ReConnect Program. “People living in rural towns…