USDA Releases Data on Local Food Marketing Practices. Fresh and organic vegetables at farmers market More than 147,000 American farms produced and sold food locally through direct marketing practices, resulting…
Growing Matters: Remembering Applicator Safety
…the BeSure campaign brought to you by the Growing Matters Coalition, an initiative reminding farmers and applicators to follow stewardship best practices to protect pollinators and other wildlife. Visit growingmatters.org/besure…
Farmers Embracing Sustainable Practices
Farmers are embracing sustainable farming practices. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. People today are interested in their investments as it relates to environmental, social, and governance issues,…
Witness Intimidation at House Ag Hearing on Cattle Markets
…have seen a steady increase in concentration in the packing industry. This consolidation has coincided with a steady decrease in the number of ranchers over that same period,” he said,…
Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Emissions Falling
…by 8.4%. “The most recent numbers show America’s farmers and ranchers are dedicated to feeding America’s families while remaining committed to improvements in sustainability,” said AFBF President Zippy Duvall. “Farmers…
Senate Ag Committee Begins Farm Bill Work
…tradition today at this first field hearing. We heard from farmers and others impacted by the Farm Bill about how we can strengthen this important legislation, grow our economy, and…
NRCS Seeking Proposals for On-Farm Trials by June 1
…we utilize to assist farmers and ranchers.” Incentive payments are provided to producers to help offset some of the risk of trialing new conservation approaches. A total of up to…
Finding Trends in Food Production
…food traceability that helps maintain consumer trust Farmers adjusting in response to emission regulation Efforts to decarbonize, which are creating adjacent economies Narrowing of the connectivity gap Artificial intelligence that…
Week in Review: Ag Export Solutions Sought & NEPA Revision Concerns Farmers
State and national agricultural groups are seeking government support in helping to facilitate solutions to ongoing export challenges. Several ag groups have raised concern about the Phase 1 NEPA revisions…
Continued Ag Export Challenges: ‘We Need a Meeting with Carriers’
…an advocate, and negotiator for its farmers, ranchers, and businesses. So that’s our ask,” Bettencourt noted. “We need to sit down with carriers, and we need to negotiate something. It…
Boosting the Nutritional Bounty of Carrots and Onions
…compounds in germplasm collections of onion and carrot so that they can be passed into elite commercial varieties, benefiting farmers in the field and consumers at the dinner table. …
NRCS Seeks Cooperative Agreement Proposals to Further Conservation Efforts
…more farmers and ranchers and forest stewards into our conservation programs, and implementation of conservation practices through the array of Farm Bill programs that we have in the state.” Cooperative…
Feral Swine in America: USDA-APHIS Goes to Georgia
…to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land of Ours program here. Feral Swine in America USDA-APHIS Goes to Georgia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh0NS6afMfo This video series shows the stories of farmers, ranchers, and others impacted…
Dairy Industry Encourages Action to Address Supply Chain Problems
…specific steps that can provide relief to dairy farmers and exporters. The dairy groups highlight the value of interagency collaboration between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S….