USDA image The Small Farms Farmer First Initiative, led by Brooke Rollins, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, is designed to empower small-scale farmers by addressing key challenges and ensuring long-term…
Land Grabbers are Stealing Small Family Farms
…to take away, and steal, some of the small family farms who have been there for over 100 years. Stephanie Moreda Arend, on next week from Moreda Family Farms, a…
Land Rich, Cash Poor: A Deep Dive Into California’s Farming Crisis
A California farm landscape showing drought-stricken fields and an aging barn under a golden sky. Farming in California has never been easy—but today’s farmers face a crisis of sustainability that…
AgNet News Hour Monday, 05-26-25
…passage of President Trump’s budget reconciliation bill, which includes Farm Bill improvements and cuts to social programs. The bill, dubbed “The One Big Beautiful Bill,” cuts taxes by $3.78 billion…
Farming in California vs the United States
…farmers and nobody cares more about healthy soil and clean abundance of water than a good farmer but so many folks who are focused on our environment or other issues…
American Agriculture History Minute: Rural Electrification Initiative
Cultivating near North Wold Farm David Wright / Wikimedia Commons Mark Oppold presents an American Agriculture History Minute, focuses on the historical development of rural electrification in America during the…
From Exports to Excess: How Tariffs Are Crushing the Hay Market
…see out there in the future for farming? I think it depends on what irrigation district you’re in, if you’re in one at all. If a guy farms some ground and…
Reisinger Discusses Challenges and Solutions for Farms in Book
…And I always remember people coming in the driveway saying, oh, this farm sold, that farm went under. I had a sense that farms were disappearing, but I didn’t know…
AgNet News Hour Friday, 05-23-25
…announced a suite of new policies that are in their Small Farms Plan. She went into details of each of the programs and parts of the plan. She then mentioned…
Are Solar Panels Safe on Farmland?
…jobs depend on AG, solar panels on prime farmland should never be approved or developed. Ag secretary Brooke Rollins says quality farmland should be used to farm and not have…
AgNet News Hour Wednesday, 05-21-25
…farms, which make up 86% of U.S. farms, operating on 41% of farmland and generating 24% of farm production. The program, funded by USDA, provides grants rather than federal money,…
Soil in Organic is a Big Thing
Organic farm planted with various type of organic vegetables and fruits Wee Hong, via Wikimedia Commons Talking with Steven Paul from Homegrown Organic Farms in Kingsburg California and how important…
Reservoir Farms Opens Applications for Inaugural Cohort of 12 Startups
…can refine their technologies, test their products in real farm settings, and bring transformative advancements to specialty crop farming. Reservoir Farms Opens Applications for Inaugural Cohort of 12 Startups Sponsored…
Salinas, California Broccoli Supply Remains Strong
Broccoli farm and big export trucks on background. Image by deyangeorgiev2/DepositPhotos image The broccoli supply from Salinas, California, remains strong, with growers reporting favorable weather conditions contributing to steady production….