Everett Griner talks about the damage and expense caused from El Niño in today’s Agri View. El Niño Impact From: NOAA.gov (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) What are El Niño…
Presidents Who Farmed
…farming. His family moved around as farmers, eventually settling in Indiana. But it’s his birthplace farm, in Knob Creek Kentucky, preserved as a National Park’s Service historic site and can…
Agri View: Weather Damage
…is working with the Texas Governor’s Office, the Texas Department of Agriculture and other state and federal agencies to determine whether affected dairy farmers will receive financial assistance, according to…
Fresh Express $500,000 for Safety Research Campaign
…Top, Inc. Loblaw Companies Limited California Pear Advisory Board California Tomato Farmers Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association Giant Eagle, Inc. Monsanto Company * Pasquinelli Produce Company Rice Fruit Company…
Ethanol Committee Visits California’s Low Carbon Economy
…there have been improvements made in the GHG number assigned to corn ethanol by CARB, corn farmers feel there is more work to be done in order for CARB to…
2016 Commodity Classic Teams with New Orleans Charities
…personal favorite by contributing to the charity of your choice. Commodity Classic has partnered with two New Orleans-based charities—Second Harvest and The Roots of Music—to give America’s farmers the opportunity…
Farm Planning for The Future
…help farm families do just that. David Specht – Farm Planning We caught up with Specht at the World Ag Expo and asked him for tips for farmers as they…
House Agriculture Committee Questions EPA ‘Burdensome Policies’
…sure it has a thriving future, but time and time again we have seen this Administration display the arrogant ‘government knows best’ attitude and now we are left with farmers…
USDA Announces $58.25 Million to Protect Ag and Plants from Pests and Diseases
…was reduced by sequestration. The FY 2016 Section 10007 of the 2014 Farm Bill spending plan is available on the APHIS Web site at www.aphis.usda.gov/farmbill. The public can help protect…
CornPAC Launches Website, Preps for Auction in New Orleans
…also learn more about the PAC and its role in our advocacy efforts. “Corn farmers are directly affected by the makeup of Congress. CornPAC is one tool we use to…
Agri View: Climate Change
…climate change. Learn more from Wikipedia. Learn more on climate change from EPA. Read more facts, articles and the current studies on climate change at NASA.gov. Image courtesy of NASA.gov….
Third Farm in Ca. Awarded Top Grassfed and Animal Welfare Certification
…USDA Grassfed label, for example, farmers can confine their cattle on dirt feedlots for long periods outside the growing season, or use growth hormones and subtherapeutic antibiotics, and yet still…
Ron Craft to Lead National Cotton Ginners Association
…Economic Policy and Cotton Flow committees and on its Quality Task Force. Also announced at NCGA’s annual meeting was that Louis Colombini, manager of the Westside Farmers Coop Gins in…
‘My Job Depends on Ag’ at the World Ag Expo
…stories, images and more, directly from the farmers, ranchers and other agricultural support businesses, whose daily lives – and livelihoods – are affected every day by agriculture in this country….