Producers, including beginning and underserved farmers, have a new option to gain access to land. Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will…
Agri View: Biofuel Big Business
…vehicles include Toyota/Lexus, Audi/Porsche/Volkswagen, Honda/Acura, Jaguar, and Land Rover. Together with the Detroit Three, these manufactures have produced approximately 72 percent of the vehicles sold in 2015. When flex-fuel vehicles…
Farm Credit
The nation’s farm credit system was created 100 years ago and continues its support of rural America. This Land of Ours – Farming Credit In 1916 Woodrow Wilson signed the…
Agri View: Bad Economic Year
…continue to stand with America’s farming families, small businesses and rural communities as they build a brighter future for our country on the land that they love.” Full Forecast: http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/farm-sector-income-finances/2015-farm-sector-income-forecast.aspx…
Agri View: Buy or Rent Farmland
Everett Griner talks about producers renting farmland increasing in today’s Agri View. Buy or Rent Farmland From Modern Farmer Rent or Buy? The Beginning Farmer’s Rock and Hard Place By…
The Western View: Indoor Vertical Farming
…plants are arranged not only in long rows but also in layers, so the same square foot of land could house many more plants. The crop grows in cloth instead…
House Passes Resolution to Disapprove WOTUS Rule
…step toward stopping what some believe to be the largest federal land grab in history. From the beginning, the process of developing this rule was flawed by EPA ignoring input…
Why is the EPA Suing John Duarte for Plowing his Land?
…farmers. They’re trying to stop farmers,” Duarte said. “They’re trying to turn our farm land into habitat preservation. They’re simply trying to chase us off of our land.” Duarte decided…
Stallman Ready to Pass the Gavel – #AFBF16
…farm—or cut trees, or build homes, or otherwise use the land for any productive, economic activity—then this is not the Land of Liberty,” Stallman told attendees. “It is not the…
Stallman to Farmers and Ranchers: Stand Up and Be Counted
…trees, or build homes, or otherwise use the land for any productive, economic activity—then this is not the Land of Liberty,” Stallman told attendees. “It is not the country that…
Agri View: Agriculture Education
…natural resources, and land management through hands on experience and guidance to prepare students for entry level jobs or to further education to prepare them for advanced agricultural jobs. Classes…
The Western View: Sagebrush Rebellion
…control of these public lands away from the federal government. Both of these families are ranchers, who lease large tracts of land to graze their cattle. Both families have a…
Vilsack Urges Congress to Pass Wildfire Funding Fix
…grown longer, and the frequency, size and severity of wildland fires has increased. The 2015 fires stretched across federal, state and private land with Alaska, California, Oregon and Washington being…
Fast Farm Tractor
…Jenkins’ record on a concrete landing strip in Wilmington, Ohio, known as the “Ohio Mile.” Spectators amused at the sight of a farm tractor showing up for the Land Speed…