…crop management and long-term sustainability. The episode highlights both the immediate impacts in the field and the longer-term implications for California’s specialty crop growers. Dairy Industry Facing Market Pressures The…
Dairy, Family, and Football: Joseph Bakker’s Life in the Central Valley
…story begins in 1968, when his grandfather moved to the region and started what would become a lasting tradition in California dairy. Dairy, Family, and Football: Joseph Bakker’s Life in…
California Farming Voices: Case Anker and Stan Nelson
…John Deere showroom in Madera. The episode features two in-depth interviews—first with dairy farmer Case Anker, then with Stan Nelson of Midland Tractor—offering a ground-level view of farming challenges and…
Inside Hanford Dairy Life with Farmer Case Anker
Case Anker A Legacy Rooted in the Dairy Industry In Hanford, California, dairy farmer Case Anker continues a proud family tradition that began in the 1940s. His grandfather immigrated from…
Gut Health for Baby Calves: Why Prebiotics and Probiotics Matter More Than Ever
When it comes to raising healthy dairy calves, producers are increasingly paying attention to what’s happening inside the animal—specifically, gut health for baby calves. According to experts like Dr. Jill…
Cyrus McCormick and the Reaper Revolution
The Reluctant Start of a Farming Innovation In 1834, inventor Cyrus McCormick took out a patent for a horse-drawn reaper. After several improvements to the design, he established a harvester…
Heritage Roots of American Farming Communities
Honoring Agricultural Heritage Across the Early U.S. In the years following the American Revolutionary War, as the United States emerged as a new nation, it also became a cultural mosaic…
Ticks to Tech: The Evolution of Cattle Ear Tags
A Persistent Pest Problem in the Mid-20th Century In the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, cattle producers across the southern United States faced a major challenge: the Gulf Coast…
Almond Board Reports Global Trade Progress
Moroccan Delegation Engages with California Almond Industry In late June, the Almond Board of California (ABC) hosted a high-level agricultural delegation from Morocco as part of a visit sponsored by…
California Dairy in the Spotlight: Generations of Dedication and a Future of Uncertainty
Today’s AgNet News Hour highlighted the resilience and passion of California’s dairy industry, featuring an in-depth interview with Joseph Bakker of Back Road Ranch and Countryside Dairy in the Tulare–Visalia…
Agricultural Trade Deal Cuts Tariffs, Boosts Nut Exports
…meat and dairy. U.S. pork and dairy exports continue to face strict sanitary certificate requirements, which the two parties have agreed to streamline in future negotiations. Geographical Indicators and Other…
New Survey Targets Farm Conservation Efforts
USDA and NRCS Partner to Collect Data from 23,000 Operations The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), has…
HELP Act Would Aid Livestock Transporters
NCBA Supports Bill to Ease Livestock Hauling Mandates The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is voicing strong support for the Hauling Exemptions for Livestock Protection (HELP) Act, a new bill…
California Sues USDA Over SNAP Data Demand
States Challenge Federal Push for SNAP Recipient Data California, along with 18 other Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C., has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in an effort to…