DepositPhotos image Farmers and ranchers have received a temporary reprieve from federal reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), thanks to a nationwide injunction issued by the U.S. District…
Tariffs and Trade: Examining Potential Impacts on Agriculture
DepositPhotos image As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, questions are rising about the potential impact his administration may have on agriculture, especially in the areas of trade and…
Trump’s Tariff Plan
…States. I’m Lori Boyer for reporting for AgNet West. Trump’s Tariff Plan Sponsored Content Let’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection For Those Beef On Dairy Animals – Matt Ramsey November 4,…
American Agriculture History Minute: Agriculture Differences Across America
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute: Agriculture Differences Across America Agriculture in the South was much different than that in the…
Ag Import and Export Imbalance
…ranchers. Sam Kiefer, American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Vice President of Public Policy, says we all know American agriculture is the most efficient in the world, so there are a…
Healthy Soils Week Highlights Benefits of Regenerative Farming Practices
Shutterstock image This week, the American Farmland Trust (AFT) is promoting the importance of soil health through Healthy Soils Week, a nationwide campaign to raise awareness about sustainable farming practices….
American Agriculture History Minute: Railroads Part in Agriculture Expansion
…That’s today’s American Agriculture History Minute. I’m Mark Oppold. Thanks for reading. I’ll see you next time. Homestead Act (1862) CHAP. LXXV. —An Act to secure Homesteads to actual Settlers…
AgNet News Hour Tuesday, 12-03-24
…and former Trump administration official. She holds a degree in agricultural development and previously led the Office of American Innovation and the Domestic Policy Council during Trump’s first term. Lorrie…
Possible Retaliatory Tariffs Loom as Trade Policies Shift
…in defending American manufacturing, agriculture, and services while targeting trade imbalances. Trump recently announced plans to impose 25 percent import duties on goods from Mexico, Canada, and China. In response,…
American Agriculture History Minute: Becoming Stewards of the Soil
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. We like to think that early American farmers and ranchers were good stewards of the soil, like farmers and…
American Agriculture History Minute: Settling and Farming the Plains
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Iowa is located where the great eastern forests and the prairies of the western United States met. There’s not…
American Agriculture History Minute: Homestead Act of 1862
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. By 1813, the western frontier had reached the Mississippi River. St. Louis was the largest town on the frontier…
Farmers Across America Make Thanksgiving Dinner Possible
…highlighted by the American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) analysis of Thanksgiving staples and their production origins. The AFBF’s 2024 Thanksgiving dinner cost survey estimates this year’s classic meal for 10…
American Agriculture History Minute: Plantation Agriculture Begins
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Plantation agriculture began in the 1600s and 1700s. Developed in Virginia, first of all, and then spreading to Maryland…