…is being provided through USDA’s Advanced Biofuel Payment Program, which was established in the 2008 Farm Bill. Under this program, payments are made to eligible producers based on the amount…
Yamaha’s Safe, Six-Person Vehicle
Moving more people, safely in the field, is a sticking point for Yamaha’s new six-passenger utility vehicle displayed at the recent National Association of Farm Broadcasters trade show in Kansas…
Western View: Facts on Arsenic in Rice
…Rice For the Consumer Reports article, click here. Hear the Western View every Wednesday during Farm City Newsday. To find your local station, click here. Or send us an email…
Thankful For What’s On Our Table
…a part of that effort. It takes a lot of hands to bring a crop to harvest, starting with the ranchers, farmers and farmworkers themselves. It has been heartening in…
Full Belly Farm Named 2014 California Leopold Conservation Award Recipient
…land and other natural resources has allowed California farmers and ranchers to sustainably produce the food and farm products we all depend upon,” California Farm Bureau Federation President Paul Wenger…
Silicon Valley Needs Farmers Too – Farm to Food Bank Month Spotlight
…Together, farmers and the food bank community can ensure that anyone who needs a meal—especially a healthy meal—can get one. December is Farm to Food Bank Month. Help increase farm…
USDA Disaster Assistance to Help Thousands of Honeybee, Livestock and Farm-Raised Fish Producers
…2014 Farm Bill, provides disaster relief to livestock, honeybee, and farm-raised fish producers not covered by other agricultural disaster assistance programs. Eligible losses may include excessive heat or winds, flooding,…
Agri View: Tough Year
Everett Griner talks about the net farm income being down this year in today’s Agri View. Tough Year…
AFBF President on Obama’s Immigration Plan
…to help America’s farmers deal with the real labor challenges they face. Our nation loses millions of dollars in fruit and vegetable production every year because farmers cannot find labor…
CFBF: President’s Immigration Action Complicates Reform Effort
Paul Wenger In the wake of President Obama’s executive action on immigration, the president of the California Farm Bureau Federation said a long-term solution to immigration reform still depends on…
USDA to Survey Farmers’ Planting Intentions for 2015
…numbers and the amount of grain and oilseed they store on their farms. At the same time, NASS will survey grain facility operators to determine year-end off-farm grain and oilseed…
USDA Helps Open and Expand Export Markets for U.S. Agriculture
…and industry on market development. The past six years represent the strongest period for U.S. agricultural exports in the history of the United States. Farm exports in fiscal year 2014…
Agri View: Easy Pickin’s
Everett Griner talks about farm theft on the rise nationwide in today’s Agri View. Easy Pickin’s…
Women in Ag Survey: Gauging the Aspirations and Needs of Women in Agriculture
…challenges they’re facing,” said Terry Gilbert, a Kentucky farmer and chair of the American Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee. “All women involved in agriculture – not just Farm Bureau members…