…farm fields where spawning is hopeless. By building a permanent barrier across the Knights Landing Ridge Cut, the agencies will be able to better control farm drainage releases to avoid…
New Toolkit for Teachers
…are selling into local markets through schools and other institutions, farmers markets, farm stands, community supported agriculture (CSA) programs, grocery stores, and local restaurants. MyPlate, MyState is part of USDA’s…
Species of Bee Officially Endangered
…authorities to provide recovery programs and fund protection efforts. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. Image credit: By Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA (Yellow-faced Bee)…
Hog Outlook Turns Sour
…the breeding herd, and that could lead to higher prices returning in 2018. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. From: USDA Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report United…
Food Policy Action Endorses Clinton
…president, saying she has a record of supporting food policies that increase access to healthy foods, supports fair labor conditions for farm workers, and supports more sustainable agriculture practices. The…
Direct Sales Helps Beginning Farmers to Survive
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says beginning farmers are those who have managed farms for ten year or less. Beginning farmers are less likely to survive in business than those…
Cargill Sales and Net Earnings Higher in 2016
…time as each farming family gifts livestock to another family in need. Cargill’s animal nutrition business is committed to sharing its knowledge of animal husbandry through farmer training and other…
Monsanto Sales and Profits Lower in 2016
…last year. Net income for 2016 was $1.3 billion, compared to $2.3 billion in income the year before. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. From: Monsanto FISCAL…
Sommet De l’Elevage is Under Way
…traditional farm visits, there are four pre-tours on Tuesday, October 4, 2016, available to all international visitors. Nicolas Restituito giving tour of Bernard Coudert’s Limousin cattle farm. One of the…
Forestry Experts Say Tree Mortality Brings Added Risk
…and beetles, Meyer said, “the better off we are going to be in the future.” Shaun Crook, a timber operator and president of the Tuolumne County Farm Bureau, said drought…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for October 5
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Sabrina Hill. To listen or subscribe [display_podcast] Subscribe in a reader…
Aged Cows Top the International Guernsey Show
…Lantz Farm Preppy Indy, Melinda Rushing, Perkins, Okla. Lavon Farms Regency Adore, John & Bonnie Ayars and Todd Moore, Mechanicsburg, Ohio Six-Year-Old & Older Cow: Flambeau Manor Ro Lauren-ET, Gary…
World Health Organization to Endorse Meatless Mondays
…School of Public Health Dean and 2012 World Health Summit president, called the Meatless Monday movement “an important public health campaign.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
U.N. Official Says Lower Food Prices Threaten Anti-Hunger Efforts
…blog post says “low food prices reduce the incomes of farmers, especially poor family farmers who produce staple foods in developing countries.” However, the remarks this week just nearly a…