…report will include new information on military service, food marketing practices, and on-farm decision-making. These additions help better capture the roles and contributions of beginning farmers, women farmers, and others…
Almond Update: Maximize Yields with New CASP Workshops
Another series of workshops from the California Almond Sustainability Program (CASP) is available for producers this month. Almond Board of California’s Senior Manager of Irrigation and Water Efficiency, Spencer Cooper, said the workshops would…
Growing a Grafted Multi-Fruit Tree
…in the Prunus family are usually compatible with each other as well. This family includes: peaches, plums, almonds, apricots and nectarines. Many combinations of these trees can be grafted together,…
USDA Launches New Farmers.gov Features to Help with H2A Applications, Managing Loans
…planned. Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Edge are the recommended browsers to access the feature. About farmers.gov: USDA is building farmers.gov for farmers, by farmers. Future self-service features available through the farmers.gov portal will…
AFBF Concerned about Labor, Trade if Border Closed
…adversely affected by any of these efforts and that producers who depend on international markets and workers have an assurance that their farm businesses are not jeopardized.” Source: American Farm…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 04-03-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering the impacts to the agriculture industry if the U.S….
Farmers Need Disaster Relief Now
The following statement concerning congressional efforts to provide disaster assistance for farmers and ranchers may be attributed to American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall: “Farms and ranches across the…
New Report Highlights the Scale of Industry Concentration in Agriculture
…market presence, with the overall number of dairy farms dropping from close to 650,000 in 1970 to approximately 40,000 now. The report also makes note of consolidation within the farm…
Farm City Newsday Tuesday, 04-02-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering more details on several western groups urging Congress to…
2019 Wine Industry Awards Announced
…unanimously approved Joel Peterson and Merry Edwards as the 2019 Wine Lifetime Achievement Award recipients. The Wine Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a person, family or institutions who are pioneers in…
App Brings STEM Agriculture Games to Youth
…activities, visit http://myamericanfarm.org. Links to all of My American Farm’s classroom resources are available at www.myamericanfarm.org/classroom. The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture was founded in 1967 and works to educate the…
Bayer to Pay $80 Million in Latest Glyphosate Trial
…non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Bayer AG acquired Monsanto last year, as well as the litigation involved with the popular weed killer Roundup. “We have great sympathy for Mr. Hardeman and his family….
Farm City Newsday Monday, 04-01-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering Sony partnering with Syngenta for a new crop management…
Ag Groups Urge Congress to Include Water in Infrastructure Package
A large group of agricultural and water organizations representing thousands of Western farmers, ranchers and businesses are calling on Congress to consider water issues in the next infrastructure package. More…