…businesses in the following categories are encouraged to apply: Ag technologies; Agritourism; CSAs, farmers’ markets, food stands and food hubs; Farms, ranches, greenhouses, managed forests, aquaponics, cut flowers, herbs, honey…
Poultry Facilities Recognized for Safety Performance
…– Hatchery Wadesboro, NC – Hatchery Cooper Farms Oakwood, OH – Hatchery Fieldale Farms Mt. Airy, GA – Hatchery Foster Farms Choudrant, LA – Hatchery Turlock, CA Walnut – Hatchery…
APHIS Finalizes Conditions for Paying Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Indemnity
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is issuing a final rule outlining the conditions under which USDA will pay indemnity to farms affected…
FDA to Consider Organic Labeling Claims
…claims in the food industry. The editorial squared off at Whole Foods, saying the grocer makes claims that organic farms do not use “toxic or persistent pesticides,” while many pesticides…
Smithfield Foods Hit with Hefty Penalty in North Carolina
…company’s large hog farms. The neighbors had filed an unreasonable nuisance lawsuit because of odors, flies, and large trucks rumbling down the road. The jury says Smithfield owes the compensation…
Ag Holds Roundtable on Lawsuit Abuse
A special agriculture roundtable discussion took place on Friday in Raleigh, North Carolina. The goal was to highlight a recent wave of nuisance lawsuits in the state targeting hog farms….
NRCS Partners in California Receive $1.3 Million for Conservation Innovations
…California’s farms and ranches,” said Jeff White, NRCS acting state conservationist in California. “The projects continue California’s commitment to soil health and its management across the landscape.” CIG grants awarded…
Federal Officials Critical of California’s Latest Water Proposal
…the science-based proposal that would save our fish while preserving our water rights,” Denham said in a statement. “Sacramento’s radical water grab would cripple the Central Valley’s economy, farms and…
Agri View: Problems Farmers Face Each Year
…afford a giant 10 wheeler semi truck. Agriculture is just as dependent on these vehicles as any other industry. How may farms can stay functional without farm labor? Now. Here…
USDA Opens Election Period for Seed Cotton Program
…Farm Service Agency Administrator Richard Fordyce. “USDA encourages any cotton producer to look into these important safety net programs,” Farms with generic base acres that were planted or approved as…
Coalition Urges State Board to Reject ‘Unimpaired Flows’ Plan
…that “alternative pathways exist for the achievement of fish and wildlife goals.” Well beyond the impacts to farms and water districts, the coalition said, shockwaves from the board’s proposal “are…
USDA Invites Comments on the Implementation of the e-Connectivity Pilot Program
…modern methods to leverage federal funds to increase private investment in broadband services for as many rural American homes, businesses, farms, schools and health care facilities as possible. “I have…
Agri View: Women Cattle Ranchers
…I saw a figure of what percentage of farms were owned by women recently. Some parts of being a woman on a farm are much harder for her than for…
Groups Comment on Farmer Aid Package
…quickly as possible.” The California Farm Bureau Federation works to protect family farms and ranches on behalf of nearly 40,000 members statewide and as part of a nationwide network of…