Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail: A Defining Route in American Agriculture History

DanAmerican Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

Trail crossing, Central Oregon, 1910 / Courtesy of Library of Congress Mark Oppold, in his American Agriculture History Minute, highlights the Oregon Trail as one of the most significant routes…

Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez Controversy & Immigration Reform Shake Agriculture

DanAgri-Business, Economy, Interview, Labor and Immigration, Legislative, Regulation, Special Reports

…be removed He argued that current policies fail to distinguish between these groups, placing blame on decades of inaction in Congress. He credited Ronald Reagan as one of the few…

family farms

Fighting for Family Farms: Stephanie Moreda-Arend on Point Reyes’ Future

DanAgri-Business, Conservation, Environment, Industry, Interview, Regulation, Special Reports, Specialty Crops

…isn’t about what’s best for the land or the environment—it’s about what they want the seashore to look like.” Congress has opened an investigation, and Stephanie remains cautiously hopeful that…

Alexandra Duarte

Alexandra Duarte Talks Water, Agriculture, and Rural California in State Senate District 4 Race

DanAgri-Business, Economy, Education, Environment, Interview, Irrigation, Labor and Immigration, Legislative, Regulation, Special Reports, Water

…Congress, including Congressman McClintock, Obernolte, Fong, Conway, and Osi, as well as her husband, former Congressman John Duarte. She highlighted the importance of coordination between agencies like the Bureau of…

Colleen Cecil

Inside Butte County Agriculture: Education, Community, and Critical Issues

DanAgri-Business, Economy, Education, Environment, Event, Interview, Irrigation, Legislative, Regulation, Special Reports, Water

…when it comes to representation in Congress. As the conversation continued, she and Ag Meter agreed that California’s political leaders often fail to grasp the scale and importance of the…

California

John Duarte on California’s Future: Agriculture, Leadership & Change

DanAgNet News Hour, Agri-Business, Almonds, Avocado, Economy, Grapes, Interview, Irrigation, Labor and Immigration, Legislative, Podcasts, Regulation, Special Reports, Technology, Trade, Water

…sat down with John Duarte—farmer, nursery leader, and former congressman—for a candid discussion about California’s political climate, agricultural innovation, and the future of farming families across the state. The conversation,…

Homestead Act

Homestead Act and America’s Westward Expansion

DanAgri-Business, American Agriculture History Minute, Legislative, Regulation, This Land of Ours

…Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789 – 2011; General Records of the United States Government, Record Group 11; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. By 1813, America’s western frontier stretched…

california

Edward Ring on California’s Water Crisis: Fixing a Broken System

DanAgri-Business, Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Interview, Irrigation, Legislative, Regulation, Special Reports, Water

…Prop 50 and Political Control Ring explained that Proposition 50, if passed, could reshape congressional and legislative representation, potentially cementing one-party dominance. “Let’s say it passes and the courts don’t…