…landscapes, providing benefits to farmers and ranchers who enroll in the program, as well as benefits to the local and rural communities where the wetlands exist. This year, NRCS is…
Farmers Need Solution to Immigration Challenge
by Jim Mulhern, President, CEO, NMPF Mulhern Too many of the nation’s dairy farmers are facing an ongoing, daunting challenge: finding enough American workers to fill jobs on their farms,…
Put COOL Into NAFTA Negotiations
An open markets advocate told the National Farmers Union’s political action committee that Donald Trump should make it a goal to re-establish country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for beef and pork during…
National Milk Producers Make Farm Bill Recommendations
…net for the nation’s dairy farmers. The recommendations range from changing the way dairy feed costs are calculated, to providing farmers greater flexibility in signing up for coverage and using…
Agri View: Rising Control Cost
…problems that cost them a lot of money. But none of them face the situation that farmers do. Production problems tend to stay solved. But that isn’t the way it…
Farmers Volunteer to Monitor Levees
As with many farmers, Mike Daddow typically spends the winter months making repairs to equipment and other preparations for spring planting. But lately, the Sutter County farmer has spent some…
Western View: WOTUS Changes Coming Soon
…farmers and ranchers did; they saw that the new rule put the government in control of just about any patch of land, from a ranch to a city lot. If…
National Farmers Union Cautions Against Health Care Changes
The National Farmers Union is urging caution against potential impacts federal health care reforms may have in rural America. The Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare,…
Agri View: Unwelcome Laws
…worry about now. People that don’t like the way farmer’s farm are now going to state governments to get laws passed that hamper farmers. You see, in Massachusetts farmers can…
Farmers Union Hosting 115th Convention
The National Farmers Union (NFU) 115th convention is underway in San Diego, California. More than 450 NFU members are at the event this week. Attendees will hear from two high-level…
The Case Against More Farm Bill Funding
…higher than the average of all U.S. households. Scott Faber is the Vice President of Governmental Affairs for the EWG and says subsidies incentivize farmers to plant certain crops rather…
Agri View: Does Size Matter
…were getting stronger. Some doubled their overall income even while farm value was growing. How could this happen? Because farmers are better educated they say. But mid-sized farms are still…
Cattlemen, PLC Applaud Zinke As New Interior Secretary
…Uden called it great news for American ranchers and cattle producers. “Ryan Zinke has an outstanding record of advocating for western communities and ranchers. We look forward to working with…
Farm Credit System Able To Weather Economic Downturn
Loan delinquencies and other signs of repayment problems are expected to increase in 2017 among farmers and ranchers. Politico’s Morning Agriculture Report says in spite of that, the farm credit…