…meaningful employment when entering the civilian workforce. Since 2009, USDA has provided $466.8 million in farm loans to help more than 6,868 veterans purchase farmland, buy equipment, and make repairs…
Presidents Who Farmed
…farming. His family moved around as farmers, eventually settling in Indiana. But it’s his birthplace farm, in Knob Creek Kentucky, preserved as a National Park’s Service historic site and can…
Soil Sampling for Salinity Challenges
…they use as well as their soil. Cooperative Extension Pomology Farm Advisor David Doll says damage can be done to a tree before visual signs appear. Doll spoke at the…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for February 15
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Agri View: Weather Damage
…the Texas Association of Dairymen (TAD) said that, during the storm, dairy employees and tanker trucks were unable to reach farms, causing hundreds of loads of milk ready for processing…
UC Davis Hydrology Team Visits NRI Study Field
…crop evaluation sites at the Five Points farm of Scott Schmidt, the Firebaugh farm of Alan Sano and Jesse Sanchez, the Madera farm of Kirk Texeira and Lucero Farms, and…
Farm Planning for The Future
…help farm families do just that. David Specht – Farm Planning We caught up with Specht at the World Ag Expo and asked him for tips for farmers as they…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for February 12
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USDA Announces $58.25 Million to Protect Ag and Plants from Pests and Diseases
…was reduced by sequestration. The FY 2016 Section 10007 of the 2014 Farm Bill spending plan is available on the APHIS Web site at www.aphis.usda.gov/farmbill. The public can help protect…
Almond Board: Workshops for Growers
…save. Series 1: Almond Board Tools to Ease Irrigation and Nitrogen Budgeting and Compliance Workshops begin at 8:00 a.m. and conclude by 1:00 p.m. (lunch complimentary). Expert speakers include farm…
Fresno State President, Faculty and Students Participate in World Ag Expo
…Sickle. The world’s largest agricultural exposition expects to welcome 100,000 visitors from 50 counties to see the latest in farm equipment, chemicals, communications and technology from 1,500 exhibitors on 2.6…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for February 11
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Farm Bureau Welcomes Introduction of Senate Water Bill
…water crisis,” Wenger said. The California Farm Bureau Federation works to protect family farms and ranches on behalf of more than 53,000 members statewide and as part of a nationwide…
Third Farm in Ca. Awarded Top Grassfed and Animal Welfare Certification
…pasture or range for their entire lives, and managed according to the highest welfare and environmental standards on an independent family farm. Fouch Farm is the third farming business in…