…last 35 years, Prather Ranch has continually collaborated with diverse partners to enhance the land and promote land stewardship in the community. One of the ranch’s first efforts to promote…
Cooperation Among Farmers Will Be Essential for Future, Farm Leader Says
…from their land, “they had lost one of the greatest assets they had had.” As a result, a significant amount of Australian farmland will be permanently fallowed. “It didn’t need…
Delta is Unstable on Many Fronts
…lifeline-irrigation for more than a million acres of farmland, water supply for 23 million residents, and critical habitat for migrating birds, two-thirds of the state’s salmon and many other aquatic…
CFBF Annual Meeting Underway
…“We last shared an annual meeting with our Nevada State Farm Bureau neighbors in 2000. Many Western state Farm Bureaus share common interests, especially when dealing with public land and…
USDA Announces 2016 Agricultural Outlook Forum
…and Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden. Thirty concurrent track sessions supporting this theme include the Agriculture Talent Pipeline, Bioproducts, Commodities, Land & Tenure Transition, New Markets, Organics, Risk Management, Scientific Advancement,…
USDA Begins 49th Enrollment Period for the Conservation Reserve Program
…cost-share assistance. At times when commodity prices are low, enrolling sensitive lands in CRP can be especially attractive to farmers and ranchers, as it softens the economic hardship for landowners…
Climate Change Report – USDA
…security in a changing climate.” Food systems in the United States benefit from a large area of arable land, high agricultural yields, vast integrated transportation systems, and a high level…
Vilsack Addresses Global Food Security and Climate Change at COP21 in Paris
…progress on sustainable land use over the past six years. Secretary Vilsack also host a side event with participants from the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture. The Global Alliance…
Hands-on Help for New Producers
…Agriculture allocates money for grants through their Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program (BFRDP). American Farmland Trust Executive Director of Programs John Larson says they took advantage of that money…
USDA Announces $350 Million Available to Help Landowners
…and non-governmental organizations that have farmland or grassland protection programs are eligible to partner with NRCS to purchase conservation easements. Wetland reserve easements allow landowners to successfully restore, enhance and…
NRCS Handbook to Support Conservation on Organic Farms
…quality, and other specialty areas. Partner organizations that brought their expertise to the handbook include: Black Family Land Trust, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, Center for Rural Affairs, Florida Organic Growers,…
Prather Ranch Named 2015 California Leopold Conservation Award Recipient
…size, implemented conservation enhancements and established several permanent conservation easements. Over the last 35 years, Prather Ranch has continually collaborated with diverse partners to enhance the land and promote land…
Charter of Milan Establishes Important Values for a Sustainable World
…goals as regulations guaranteeing rights to food for all; stronger legislation to promote the safeguarding of agricultural land; and the development of a system of open international trade, based on…
Agri-Culture’s 19th Annual Progressive Dinner “Autumn in the Valley” Success
…The hors d’oeuvres were served at Land Trust of Santa Cruz County’s Watsonville Slough Farms – welcomed by Terry Corwin. Terry spoke about the Land Trust’s farmland conservation program. Dinner…