Cathy Isom tells us about a month long celebration of delicious dairy products, and the farmers who produce them. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Celebrating Dairy Month…
Water Rights Protection Act Offers Relief from Federal Water Extortion
…grazing west of the Mississippi,” AFBF President Zippy Duvall said. “Water is the most valuable resource for every farmer and rancher. Unfortunately, the federal tactics we’ve seen in recent years…
Agri View: Southern Choice
…is safe to assume that farmers in the southeast feel a little more assured today. You see, two of the strongest and most representative voices in all of the agriculture…
Questions You Should Ask at Your Farmers Market
…the Farmer’s Market. That’s stories ahead on This Land of Ours. Questions You Should Ask at Your Farmers Market When it comes to buying farm fresh produce from a Farmer’s…
Edible Plants That Are Easy to Grow
There are the plants that come back year after year without the gardener, or farmer, having to do much more than harvest the food. The other trick is to choose…
Agri View: Crime against Agriculture Continues
…efforts to control it. One Mississippi farmer said he doubted there wasn’t a farm in his county that hadn’t had its irrigation equipment stripped of its copper wiring. Of course…
Mexico Shopping for Non-U.S. Pork
Concerns over the U.S.-led effort to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement has prompted Mexico to consider other options for pork imports. National Hog Farmer magazine reports U.S. pork…
Withdraw ‘GIPSA’ Rule, Say NPPC, Pork Producers
…rule of the so-called Farmer Fair Practices Rules, which was written by USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA). The interim final rule is set to become effective Oct….
Pace of Young, Beginning and Small Farmer Loans Slowing
In 2016, the pace of new lending to Young, Beginning and Small Farmers, or YBS loans, remained relatively flat, according to a new report by the Farm Credit Administration. Regarding…
The Western View: Fruit Trail
…on family farms, some 15 strawberry stands, several farmer’s markets, vegetable stands, places with selections of all the nuts we grow here, some unique local wineries, several unique stores –…
NCGA Launches Open Innovation Challenge to Find the Next Big Thing for Corn
…used in thousands of products. This challenge is geared to inspire new concepts, approaches, and technologies that will help drive innovation,” said Larry Hoffmann, a farmer from Wheatland, North Dakota…
NFU Urges Immediate Adoption of Farmer Fair Practices Rules
The Farmer Fair Practices Rules, a set of three rules that provide very basic protections for farmers and ranchers, were released in December 2016 to address the most anti-competitive and…
NCGA Launches Open Innovation Challenge to Find the Next Big Thing for Corn
…technologies that will help drive innovation,” said Larry Hoffmann, a farmer from Wheatland, North Dakota and chairman of NCGA’s Corn Productivity and Quality Action Team. “In addition to researchers who…
Agri View: Controlling Palmer Amaranth, or Pigweed
…pigweed is important on the part of every farmer. Not just a few. Until an effective chemical to control it comes along. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner……