…Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) discussed this issue during a recent Farm Foundation panel. According to Bacus, nearly two-thirds of surveyed cattle producers could feel the effects of a lowered exemption….
Corporate Transparency Act Filing on Hold
…to block the Treasury Department from enforcing the act. The rules affect roughly 230,000 farm operations, according to an analysis in October by the American Farm Bureau Federation. And, overall…
AgNet News Hour Tuesday, 12-31-24
…Farm Broadcaster of the Year by the National Association of Farm Broadcasting and serves as a Council Member on the World Agriculture Forum. Sabrina is a native of California’s agriculture-rich…
AgNet News Hour Monday, 12-30-24
…complexity of transitioning to more sustainable energy sources, especially in agriculture. Lorrie Boyer talks with Bryan Little, chief operating officer for farm employer labor service, which is an affiliated company…
Corporate Transparency Act Reinstated: NCBA Urges Cattle Producers to Prepare
…According to the American Farm Bureau, only 11 percent of those farms that are likely required to file have done so as of October. With the new legal deadline restored,…
American Agriculture History Minute-Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm Legislation
DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. American Agriculture History Minute-Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm Legislation In 1856, the Iowa General Assembly enacted legislation to…
World Ag Expo® Announces 2025 Top-10 New Product Contest Winners
…of farmers, ranchers, and industry professionals. Contest winners will be honored at the show and prominently highlighted throughout the event. Recipients will be noted on show maps, identified with “Top-10…
Christmas on the Farm
DepositPhotos image Today, Mark Oppold once again brings us a special Christmas poem he wrote simply titled, “Christmas on the Farm”. Christmas on the Farm Sponsored Content Let’s Talk Livestock…
Farm Bill Extension, Ag Disaster Aid in Fed Funding CR
DepositPhotos image Some ag oriented measures were part of legislation approved this weekend – Continuing Resolution funding the federal government through mid-March. Rod Bain reports. Farm Bill Extension, Ag Disaster…
Plenty Ag is Closing its Compton, California Facility
DepositPhotos image California H5N1 Emergency Declaration Less than two years after it opened, San Francisco-based vertical farm Plenty Ag is closing its Compton, California facility. The company said in a…
American Agriculture History Minute: Center Pivot Irrigation System Developed
…manufacturing company on a farm just west of Valley, Nebraska. After careful consideration, he invested $5 ,000, nearly his entire savings, in Valley Manufacturing and began working farm elevators. A…
Report Warns Losing Glyphosate Could Reshape Farm Bill Costs and Policies
…in annual net farm income. Other potential outcomes include a $7.1 billion increase in nutrition program costs and a $2.946 billion rise in crop insurance expenses over the 2025-2029 Farm…
American Agriculture History Minute: Garst and Thomas Hybrid Corn Seed Company Beginning
…fame and attention during the Cold War, when Roswell Garst hosted Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev on his farm in 1959. Garst would eventually sell hybrid seed to the Soviet Union…
USDA, CDFA Award $21.5 Million to Strengthen California’s Local Food Supply Chain
…vans, cold storage, kitchen equipment, and expanded market outlets. Induchucuiti Organic Farm, an Indigenous, woman-owned farm in Salinas, will also use grant funds to improve the long-term viability of its…