…— like fresh fruits, vegetables, and tree nuts — make up half of the farm gate value in the U.S. yet only receive a fraction of farm bill funding. He…
Fresh Vegetable Availability Drops, But Onions and Tomatoes Hold Strong
…greens—signaling evolving dietary preferences. Stay tuned with AgNet West for more insights on crop trends, market shifts, and farm economics shaping the specialty produce industry Lori Boyer reporting for AgNet…
May Rural Mainstreet Index: Still Below Growth Neutral
…facing farmers this year. Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) Rural Mainstreet Economy Remains Weak 95% of Bankers Support Continuing 2017 Tax Cuts May 2025 Survey Results at-a-Glance: • The overall…
Steve Hilton Discusses Fixing California Water Issue
…issues, meeting every part of the ag business, farmers and the contractors and so on. On water, it’s absolutely clear that, you know, farmers just being ripped off. You’re paying…
Lipstick Farmer on “559 Farm Train”
Lipstick Farmer on “559 Farm Train” Talking with Elaine Culotti, the lipstick farmer. She was on the TV show Undercover Billionaire. She grows everything from palm trees to fruits and…
Elaine Culotti “The Lipstick Farmer” on Fixing California Supply Chain, Other Issues
…power. They need to harness their power. There are 88,000 small farmers in California that have so much power, and we need to support them. Farm dues for the Farm…
Steve Hilton Pledges to Restore California Agriculture and Fight Regulatory Extremism
…a stronger champion for ag than me.” He criticized the treatment of family farms, particularly in the Central Valley and Point Reyes, where farmers have faced lawsuits and land grabs…
Rollins on Major Components of the Small Farms Farmer First Initiative
The “Small Farms Farmer First Initiative“, led by Brooke Rollins, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, is designed to empower small-scale farmers by addressing key challenges and ensuring long-term sustainability. The…
Rollins Lays Out Policies of Small Farms Farmer First Initiative
USDA image The Small Farms Farmer First Initiative, led by Brooke Rollins, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, is designed to empower small-scale farmers by addressing key challenges and ensuring long-term…
Land Grabbers are Stealing Small Family Farms
…to take away, and steal, some of the small family farms who have been there for over 100 years. Stephanie Moreda Arend, on next week from Moreda Family Farms, a…
Land Rich, Cash Poor: A Deep Dive Into California’s Farming Crisis
A California farm landscape showing drought-stricken fields and an aging barn under a golden sky. Farming in California has never been easy—but today’s farmers face a crisis of sustainability that…
AgNet News Hour Monday, 05-26-25
…passage of President Trump’s budget reconciliation bill, which includes Farm Bill improvements and cuts to social programs. The bill, dubbed “The One Big Beautiful Bill,” cuts taxes by $3.78 billion…
Farming in California vs the United States
…farmers and nobody cares more about healthy soil and clean abundance of water than a good farmer but so many folks who are focused on our environment or other issues…
American Agriculture History Minute: Rural Electrification Initiative
Cultivating near North Wold Farm David Wright / Wikimedia Commons Mark Oppold presents an American Agriculture History Minute, focuses on the historical development of rural electrification in America during the…