…a year.” In 2014, nonfarm crop support firms brought an average of 205,000 farmworkers to crop farms, while direct-hires on crop farms was 175,000. “Our data show that California has…
Farmer of the Year Contest
…centuries-old, family-run farms alive and thriving, as well as newcomers who may have just started out in farming or ranching. Timing All nominations must be received by January 31, 2017,…
Canada Records Records Beef Herd Increase
…last week. The report shows 13.2 million cattle on Canada’s beef farms, up 1.3 percent from 2015. Canadian cattle market analyst Charlie Gracey wrote in the publication Canadian Cattlemen recently,…
Senator Toomey Announces Opposition to TPP
…create in Pennsylvania and take the jobs tied to those innovations. Pennsylvania’s largest agricultural product is dairy, with about 7,000 dairy farms in the commonwealth. This sector depends heavily on…
Agri View: Advancement of Farming
…Over 200 years ago, 90 percent of the U.S. population lived on farms and produced their own food to eat. But today, only two percent of the population produces the…
The Western View: Hay Technology
…farms and ranches in New Mexico, and they needed a way to connect with each other and with livestock owners. Castillo has a background in web development and began working…
Cancelling Atrazine Would Cost Farmers $2.5 Billion
…and threatening soil health and nutrients,” said Zimmerman, who farms corn, soybeans, and wheat in Rosendale, Wisconsin. Conservation tillage is a farming method that leaves stubble and residue from the…
Agri View: Farm Labor Shortage
…fast approaching crisis proportions, all but guaranteeing that crops will rot in the field on many farms this year, American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall said. Communications with state…
Cultivating the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
…Mass., $249,657 Tufts University, Medford, Mass., $599,796 Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture, South Deerfield, Mass., $595,533 Future Harvest Inc., Cockeysville, Md., $597,599 ECO City Farms, Edmonston, Md., $352,095 Minnesota Food…
Got wild pigs?
UC Cooperative Extension wants to hear from you In managed rangelands and farms, wild pigs are significant pests, wreaking havoc in a number of ways. Whether you call them wild…
Agri View: Modern Technology
…Agri View for today, I’m Everett Griner. From: USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Agriculture Technology Modern farms and agricultural operations work far differently than those a few decades…
Restaurant Chain Apologizes to Beef Producers
…located in Canada—and that it would work with local farms “to build a supply of Alberta beef that meets their criteria.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Program Preserves Ag Land for Climate Benefits
…year, ultimately recommending that the Strategic Growth Council fund 20. By preventing farms and ranches from being converted to more intensive land uses, such as urban or low-density sprawl, SALC…
France Facing 30-year Low in Wheat Yields
…the 2015 harvest to 29.1 million metric tons, the lowest level since the drought year of 1986. A local farmers union says some farms are bracing for a 75 percent…