Efforts are underway to promote farm safety by emphasizing the need to call 811 before beginning any digging or drain tile projects. More about that coming up on This Land…
Livestock Producers Impacted by Drought or Wildfire Receive Payments
…the 2021 Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP). Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Zach Ducheneaux told AgNet Media’s Randall Weiseman that the new Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) was developed as…
Phase 1 NEPA Revisions Met with Criticism from Farm Groups
…years. Duvall “AFBF is disappointed that the Biden administration has decided to reverse commonsense reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act,” American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall said in…
AgNet News Hour: Friday, 04-22-22
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers farm groups opposing NEPA changes, John Deere partnering with GUSS, learning the basics…
VofV: Farming’s Secret Weapon – California Community Colleges
…Secretary Karen Ross to train community college students is a perfect example of the way to pass along knowledge about on-farm skills and technology. “I can teach theory all day…
A-PLUS Act to Further Increase Meat Processing Capacity
…be permitted to own or operate meatpacking plants slaughtering less than 2,000 animals a day or 700,000 annually. “California’s small family ranches often struggle to bring their products to market…
Industry Groups Encourage USDA Takeover of Gene Editing Regulations
…National Milk Producers Federation, American Farm Bureau Federation, and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture. The groups assert that changes to gene editing regulations are needed to better…
Birds Lost to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Tops 27 Million
…and are being encouraged to bolster safety protocols. Zippy Duvall “The HPAI outbreak is an urgent reminder to all poultry farmers to ensure their biosecurity measures are in place,” American…
AgNet News Hour: Monday, 04-18-22
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers the challenges and opportunities facing California Almonds, US farmers not alone in opposing…
Concerns Over Prospect of EU Standards Placed on Ag Imports
…welfare standards in the world, but that’s really dictated by voluntary and commercial practices at the farm level, as well as third party and regulatory standards at the slaughter plant…
AgNet News Hour: Friday, 04-15-22
…dollar stretch further, and details on the Food and Ag Center for Science Education launched by Farm Bureau. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features, and…
How Your Dog Can Be Farm Dog of the Year
…Halvorson’s This Land of Ours program here. Meet the 2022 Farm Bureau Farm Dog of the Year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZv6ZsOZEmg Meet Fit, Farm Bureau’s 2022 Farm Dog of the Year. Florida Farm Bureau…
Experts Expect Inflation to Continue
Inflation continues to rise as the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports year-over-year inflation in March was 8.5 percent. American Farm Bureau Federation Chief Economist Roger Cryan says we’re seeing the…
EPA Reaffirms Efforts to Address Nutrient Pollution
…accelerate progress on nutrient pollution. Our nutrients memo is a call for scaling up the innovative approaches being used by farmers, ranchers, water agencies, local municipalities, industry, and communities to…