…labor program that recruited workers from Mexico to harvest crops in the Southwestern United States from 1942 – 1964. Today, larger numbers of Mexican farm workers have moved into other…
Agriculture Graduate Shortage
…the Environment United States, 2015-2020 Opportunities During the next five years, U.S. college graduates will find good employment opportunities if they have expertise in food, agriculture, renewable natural resources, or…
NFU Recognizes Women in Agriculture
…ranks as a significant and growing proportion of our total membership comes from female farmers,” he said. Johnson noted that women farm over three hundred million acres in the United…
David Davis Farmland 4 Sale
…to let this land go.” Davis was a United States senator, a Supreme Court justice and one of Abraham Lincoln’s best friends, serving as his presidential campaign manager. Davis moved…
Agri View: Drones-Technology Driven
…over Japan’s rice fields, is being studied for potential agricultural uses in the United States. In Japan, the RMAX and its predecessor have been used on rice farms for over…
The Western View: Water Projects
Len Wilcox’s Western View: Keep on point to build water projects. The Western View: Water Projects California is getting quite a Christmas present this year, with lots of heavy rain…
Ranches Surviving California Drought
…Valley Ranch. In this video, created through a partnership between United States Farm and Ranchers Association (USFRA) and Food52, they show both the struggles and successes they have endured. “As…
SNAP Hunger
…United States and the important role that SNAP plays in addressing it. A growing body of high-quality research shows that SNAP is highly effective at reducing food insecurity, and in…
Climate Change and Diet
…headlines — and a talk by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the United Nations Paris Climate Change Conference — eating a vegetarian diet could contribute to climate change. In fact, according…
Cultivate California Program Debuts with Website and Social Media
…the California Farm Bureau Federation and 30 county Farm Bureaus, Western Growers, the California Farm Water Coalition, California Farm Credit and a number of commodity organizations and cooperatives. A list…
The Western View: Big Data
…to consider the issues. Turns out, there’s lots to think about. The Western View: Big Data “Big Data” is a computing term which refers to large amounts of information about…
Agri View: Wolves vs. Livestock
…Northwestern United States Gray wolf populations were eliminated from the northern Rocky Mountains of the western United States by 1930, largely because of conflicts with livestock. The wolf population is…
USDA Shares 2015 Results
…Americans. “Since 2009, USDA has focused significant and targeted investments in America’s rural communities to bring transformative change. Last year, those investments blossomed across the United States with substantial results…
Chairman Conaway Statement on Agreement Reached at 10th WTO Ministerial Conference
…export subsidies for transportation and marketing for another 8 years even though the United States has held the position that the authority of countries to offer these sorts of subsidies…