Farmer and rancher delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 96th Annual Convention today approved resolutions that will provide the organization grassroots authority to ask Congress to finish many measures…
Agri View: Farm Technology
Everett Griner talks about farm technology not being new in today’s Agri View. Farm Technology…
Experts Predict Growing Uncertainty for Water Supplies
A combination of population growth, increasing environmental demands and climate change poses long-term questions for water availability, particularly in the western U.S. Speakers at a workshop at the American Farm…
CDFA Announces Available Funding for Dairy Development Program
…technology is precisely the kind of innovation that California farmers are known for,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “It promotes low carbon fuels, agricultural energy efficiency and other operational advantages….
Dairy Producers Enroll in New Margin Protection Program
…dairy operations – over half of all dairy farms in America – have enrolled in the new safety-net program created by the 2014 Farm Bill, known as the Margin Protection…
Stallman: Farmers and Ranchers Still Optimistic Despite Washington’s Past Dysfunction
While America’s farmers and ranchers achieved notable victories on the farm bill and waterways infrastructure legislation in 2014, agriculture must push harder for important policy reforms in 2015, according to…
Executives Predict Future of Agriculture at AFBF Annual Convention VIP Event
The American Farm Bureau Federation kicked off its 96th Annual Convention and IDEAg Trade Show with a panel discussion for VIP attendees, “The Future of Agriculture,” featuring executives from Wal-Mart,…
Santa Barbara County Grower Meeting Set for February 3
…and Huanglongbing, discuss treatment protocols and area-wide management strategies, and review county ACP communication protocols and policy on abandoned groves. Please RSVP to attend today. Click Here to RSVP today….
California Always Close to Drought Conditions
…many in California believe that storage needs to be added to the current water system. California Farm Water Coalition Executive Director and CEO Mike Wade says the state will always…
What to Transfer In Farm Succession Plan
John Baker of Iowa State University Extension explains some of the items involved in transfer in a farm ownership succession plan. What to Transfer In Farm Succession Plan…
Developing a Family Farm Succession Plan
Creating a succession plan for family farm operations is different than for most other businesses. Rob Bain reports. Developing a Family Farm Succession Plan…
FFA Report: Sanger High
Talie Cloud, Sanger High FFA Talie Cloud of Sanger High FFA gives us this week’s Farm City Newsday FFA Report. FFA report for 01-02-15…
USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for January 2015
…in December. The interest rate for crop year commodity loans less than one year disbursed during January is 1.125 percent, unchanged from 1.125 percent in December. Interest rates for Farm…
State Needs Multiple Wet Storms
…event that drenched northern California, California Farm Water Coalition Executive Director and CEO Mike Wade told attendees at the Almond Conference that the state needs 10-20 of storms to get…









