DepositPhotos image Specialty crop producers across the U.S. will receive a second round of financial support from the USDA this week. The payment, part of the Marketing Assistance for Specialty…
Farm Bankruptcies on the Rise Again in 2025
by Nostalgic1, via Wikimedia Commons Family farm bankruptcies increased by 55% last year compared to 2023 and are trending even higher this year as farmers continue to grapple with depressed…
AgNet News Hour Tuesday, 04-29-25
…a joint project by NOAA, the state of California, and the Yuba Water Agency. This initiative fulfills a Presidential Memorandum by providing reliable irrigation water to central valley farmers while…
Dairy CEO: Trump Policies Raise “Real Concern” in Rural America
Nick Chipchase / Sampford Farm Dairy, via Wikimedia Commons America urgently needs immigration reform to support U.S. farmers, Land O’Lakes CEO Beth Ford said Thursday. While farmers generally back President…
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Impact on Agricultural Industry
…could negatively affect farmers and ranchers, particularly given the current economic struggles in the U.S. ag sector. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Impact on Agricultural Industry 2017 Tax Cuts and…
American Agriculture History Minute: Exports Boom Early Agriculture
…1720. Farmers also expanded their production here of flaxseed and corn. That’s today’s American Agriculture History Minute. I’m Mark Oppold. Thanks for reading. I’ll see you next time. Sponsored Content…
Dairy Industry to Remove Artificial Colors from School Lunch Products
…calling it a proactive step that aligns with what consumers want. “America’s dairy farmers and processors have always been leaders in delivering healthy, nutritious products,” she said. “This shows the…
American Agriculture History Minute: Wasteful Early Times of Agriculture
…farmers, some were ranchers, but most families. He shows how wasteful the first generation of pioneers were. He says they didn’t know a lot about cultivating the land properly, and…
CDFA to Host a Series of Quarterly Virtual Training Workshops
…tutorials on navigating the portal, and offer Q&A sessions and one-on-one technical support. The PSP portal is a cloud-based platform for California produce farmers to access their farm data and…
American Agriculture History Minute: Crop Insurance, Conservation Techniques Revive Great Plains Agriculture
…through the populist movement or went back east. In the 20th century, crop insurance, new conservation techniques and large-scale federal aid lowered the risk and helped those farmers re-establish themselves…
Rollins: Trump Pressed Trudeau on Dairy Trade, Calls Issue a Priority
…on ‘why are you treating my dairy farmers like this’?” Rollins added. Ongoing trade tensions over Canada’s supply-managed dairy system include tariffs of more than 250% on imports beyond set…
Rollins: USDA Cuts Coming, But Local FSA Offices to Stay
…local Farm Service Agency (FSA) and NRCS offices will remain a priority. “One of the most important messages [farmers] send us is that interface with the FSA and those on-the-ground…
Farm Bankruptcies Continue to Rise in 2025
By Rosser1954, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Farm bankruptcies rose 55% between 2023 and 2024 and show no sign of slowing in 2025. Farmers are squeezed by persistently low commodity…
American Agriculture History Minute: Homestead Act of 1862
…hundreds of thousands of farmers from Germany, Scandinavia and Britain. The Government of Canada and their Dominion Lands Act of 1872 did much the same. That’s today’s American Agriculture History…