Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers the multiple benefits of implementing cover crops in farms, farm bill titles important…
NASS 2021 Organic Survey Results
…17,445 certified organic farms, a 5% increase from 2019. California continued to lead the nation in certified organic sales with $3.55 billion, which is 32% of the U.S. total. It…
NSP Announces Winners in its Sorghum Yield Contest
…Bin Buster Award winners are Brant and Amy Peterson of Winsome Farms in Kansas. They had the top yield in the contest at 245.8 bushels per acre. “National Sorghum Producers…
Workforce Modernization Act Could Save Billions in Labor Costs
…reduce labor costs for H-2A farms by about a billion dollars in the first year and about $1.8 billion in the second year, with even greater savings in the years…
AgNet News Hour: Wednesday, 11-30-22
…seeks to speed up the process of getting biologicals onto farms and the changes to private applicator certification. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features, and…
Farm Share of U.S. Food Dollar Reached Historic Low in 2021
…domestically produced food from farms to points of purchase, including costs related to packaging, transporting, processing, and selling to consumers. One contributor to the 2021 decline in farm share was…
American Farmers Feeding the World
…300 million people around the world, and that’s just in the last ten years. All of this comes from the American heartland,” he said. “It comes from farms. Frankly, it’s…
Almond Update: Fertigation and Irrigation Sessions at Almond Conference
…Viguie Farming & El. Molino Farms. Saa explained it will be a hybrid session featuring presentations as well as an interactive panel discussion. The session will be taking place on…
Almond Update: Grower Breakfast to Highlight Topics to Increase ROI
…profits on farms. “We realized that it’s a tough and challenging time in the almond industry right now. So, we really want to focus our content and our information that…
Deadline Nearing to Apply for $63 Million in Conservation Funding Assistance
…farms. Fire hazard reduction vegetation management is also supported through EQIP, along with the National Water Quality Initiative to improve water quality in the Calleguas Creek and Salt River watersheds….
Farmers Say Cover Crops Are On 40 Percent of Cropland
…of farmers, 59 percent, use cover crops on their farms. That’s from a survey of 34,000 farmers that ran from May through September. Farmers say they used cover crops on…
USDA Invests Another $759 Million in Rural Broadband
…Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provides $65 billion to expand reliable, affordable, high-speed internet to all communities across the U.S. “Obviously, the farms benefit to the extent if that they…
Farm Groups Thankful for ‘Generational’ Debt Relief Assistance
…is going to help keep family farms in business, not just for this generation but for generations to come,” said NFU President Rob Larew. “It’s promising to see how USDA…
Additional $30 Million in Federal Funds to Support Sites Reservoir
…farms and the environment when it’s needed most.” The overall $210 million investment is going towards water storage and conveyance projects in Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, and Washington. Other California…