Randy Mooney, National Milk Producers Federation Chair, said, “There’s no more important issue than getting the Margin Protection Program fixed.” He called it the right dairy program for dairy farmers,…
NMPF Pres. Commemorates Centennial / Sets Path for Future
…opportunities for farmers and the role of dairy products in the diet, said President and CEO Jim Mulhern. Speaking in front of more than 800 dairy industry stakeholders at the…
GMO Article Paints Incomplete Picture
…and Agent Orange, the author fails to distinguish between even the most basic types of chemicals used. For example, over the past two decades, farmers have excelled at replacing more…
American Lamb Board Appointments Announced
…authorized the establishment of 22 industry-funded research and promotion boards. They empower farmers and ranchers to leverage their own resources to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets, and conduct important…
Dicamba Dispute Leads to Farmer’s Death
…Wallace. The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating multiple instances of off-label use of dicamba. Further frustrating farmers, insurance companies will not compensate farmers for losses caused by wrongful or “off-label”…
Feed Wheat Demand Could Ease Storage Crunch
Grain handlers are anticipating an uptick in orders for feed wheat, which should allow them to move excess wheat inventories as farmers bring in a record fall harvest. A new…
New Rangeland Fire Science Plan
…to the plan’s successful implementation and continued collaboration with states, scientists, resource managers, western communities, ranchers and farmers.” Across the West, the accelerated invasion of non-native grasses, coupled with the…
Enrollment Period for Safety Net Coverage in 2017
…programs for the 2015 crop to assist enrolled producers who suffered a loss of price or revenue or both,” said Dolcini. “Since shares and ownership of a farm can change…
Changing Organization and Well-Being of Midsize Farms
…are the characteristics of continuing midsize farms? What role does Government policy play in their survival? Midsize operations with beginning farmers, retired farmers, or those that rented most of their…
Agri View: Land facts
Everett Griner talks about facts about land that most don’t know in today’s Agri View. Land facts Most people including half of the farmers in America couldn’t even guess how…
Protecting Sensitive Agricultural Lands
…almost 24 million acres of wetlands, grasslands and wildlife habitat in 2016. CRP provides financial assistance to farmers and ranchers who remove environmentally sensitive land from production to be planted…
Future of Our Agricultural Community
…is the way it makes research available to farmers and advisors who are in a position to put it to good use. In the photo above, Natalie Jacuzzi, with the…
Farmers Willing to Walk Away from Cash Rent Agreements
…the Pro Farmer Landowner Survey that showed farmers saying if land prices don’t come down, they may walk away too. “44 percent of our members and subscribers are willing to…
Poll Shows Trump Leading in Farm Country
A new nationwide poll is out that shows farmers and ranchers favoring Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the presidential sweepstakes. 55 percent of respondents in the Agri-Pulse Farm and…