…by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, is part of the Forest Legacy Program and aims to protect working forests that support rural economies and provide essential environmental benefits. In 2024…
EPA Finalizes Approval for California Clean Air Plan Updates in San Joaquin Valley
Shutterstock image The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized approval of California’s updated State Implementation Plan (SIP) to meet federal air quality standards in the San Joaquin Valley. This decision…
American Agriculture History Minute: Radio Introduced to Rural America
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Radio is an important part in the history of American agriculture. Broadcasting information to rural America started very soon…
Specialty Crop Trade Policies Could Shift Under New Administration
…highlighted a focus on aggressive tariff policies, the actual approach is expected to be more calculated. “We are likely to see tariffs used as leverage to negotiate trade deals,” he…
American Agriculture History Minute: Learning Soil Preservation by Crop Rotation
…also helped keep the soil supplied with different plant foods, instead of wearing it out by growing the same crop year after year. That’s today’s American Agriculture History Minute. I’m…
USMEF Chair Highlights Export Growth and Value for U.S. Farmers
…their importance to American agriculture. Speaking about his family’s operation, Hanson described a diverse farm producing corn, wheat, soybeans, and pinto beans, alongside a cow-calf enterprise that exemplifies sustainability and…
American Agriculture History Minute: Early Settlers Crop Progression
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. The first settlers in Plymouth Colony planted mostly barley and peas with seeds they brought with them from England….
Farm Groups Respond to Brooke Rollins’ Nomination as Agriculture Secretary
…five-year farm bill on the horizon. American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) President Zippy Duvall commented on the nomination of Brooke Rollins for Secretary of Agriculture. “We congratulate Brooke Rollins on…
American Agriculture History Minute: Ethnicity in Early Agriculture
By actionphoto50/DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Ethnicity made a big difference in early American agriculture. German Americans, for example, brought with them practices and…
Signup for Agricultural Conservation Easement Program Continues
Courtesy of NRCS The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) reminds landowners and eligible entities that signup continues for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). While…
American Agriculture History Minute: British Attempt to Restrict Westward Movement
By ljphoto/DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Westward expansion in the U .S. did not come easy or did not come early on. The British…
Sabrina Halvorson Honored as 2024 Farm Broadcaster of the Year
…three decades of experience, Halvorson has earned acclaim for her journalistic integrity and ability to tackle complex topics impacting American farmers. Earlier this year, she was named to the Expert…
American Agriculture History Minute: Draft Horses Imported for Farm Work
…an American Agriculture History Minute. Horses and oxen provided a lot of the power on American farms until the mid -1800s. Oxen were too slow to pull some of the…
American Agriculture History Minute: How Crops Migrated West
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. In the 1850s, there was a great push, migration to the west, finally crossing the Mississippi River and settling…