Growing sorghum as a dairy forage can provide significant value for farmers, particularly as water availability continues to be a growing concern. The interest in sorghum can vary between wet…
USDA Continues Focus on Service During COVID-19 Outbreak
…farmers and ranchers who are adaptable and innovative, and our staff provide service to every county nationwide. If an outbreak comes to certain areas, FSA and NRCS will disperse the…
USMCA Ratification Now Officially Complete
…America’s farmers and ranchers. We will continue to work with both Canada and Mexico in implementing this agreement.” About the Author Brian German Facebook Twitter Ag News Director, AgNet West…
Applications Being Accepted for Multiple NRCS Opportunities
…flood-prone agricultural land, and also includes a Grazing Reserve Rights option for enrolling grazed rangeland and pasture under an approved management plan. “Conservation easements assist our farmers and ranchers in…
How to Sell Your Cut Flowers at Farmers Market
…Cut Flowers at Farmers Market Flowers are in high demand. And growing beautiful cut flowers can make you some good money at your local farmer’s market. All of these things…
Ag Day 2020 Canceled
…date is also canceled. Ag Day has provided excellent opportunities over the years for members of the public to celebrate the bounty of agriculture, and for farmers and ranchers to…
Addressing Activist Groups Coming onto Farms and Ranches
Dealing with activist groups and protestors near agricultural operations can be a delicate situation, so it is important that farmers and ranchers know their rights if that type of scenario…
USDA Investing $1 Million in California Water Quality Improvements and Wildfire Mitigation
…possible through the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership. The Partnership allows the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to work with farmers and landowners in implementing…
Value of U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol from a Global Perspective
…initiative not only helps U.S. cotton to be more attractive to international buys, it also encourages growers to implement practices to help improve production. “The farmers, the growers, they will…
The Western View: New Water Rules Spell Disaster
…system works well when it is allowed to do so. But lately, each year, the allocations to farmers are cut and the water flows into San Francisco Bay. Why? Because…
Water Supply Restrictions to Have Billion-Dollar Impact
…availability. “Adding that all up, we found some significant changes in water available to farmers that will result in, by our estimates, fallowing of about one-fifth of all the acres…
Ag Order 4.0 ‘Will Change the Way We Farm’
…and is now available for public review and comment. The regulation would expand monitoring and reporting requirements and establish a limitation on the amount of nitrogen that farmers can apply…
Farming Incentives Being Offered by NRCS to Address Air Quality
…assistance is being made available through NRCS’ Environmental Quality Incentives Program, National Air Quality Initiative. “What the initiative does is that it financially assists farmers and ranchers to replace on-farm,…
Applications Being Accepted for Updated Healthy Soils Program
…to ensure we receive as many applications as possible,” CDFA Secretary Karen Ross said in a news release. “We want to make sure our farmers and ranchers can participate in…