…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’
…balanced for California crops. Listen to the questions and answers from the EPA hearing between Costa and McCarthy “America’s farmers, ranchers, and foresters are the original conservationists who take great…
USDA Announces $58.25 Million to Protect Ag and Plants from Pests and Diseases
…to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in…
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…
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….
ASTA Participates in FarmNext National Summit
American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) President and CEO Andrew LaVigne joined more than 60 young farmers, policymakers and industry thought-leaders from across the nation for the FarmNext Summit in Washington,…
Voluntary Conservation Journey
…with other farmers in our area. It’s been really important to have those programs to help farmers understand how easy it is to start using no till and cover crop.”…
Commentary: Farmers Must Stay Engaged in Groundwater Planning
Farmers and ranchers have been inundated with water issues the past few years. Drought, curtailments, the water bond, federal drought legislation, state drought legislation, diversion monitoring and reporting, El Niño…
Farmer Big Data
Why the Farm Bureau wants to hear from farmers about today’s technology. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. This Land of Ours – Farmer Data Survey The American…
Citrus Greening Grants Awarded
…for taxpayers. Since enactment, USDA has made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding…
Ag. Secretary Tom Vilsack, NFL Comm. Roger Goodell and Partners Commitment to Youth
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and America’s dairy farmers will announce a significant commitment to child health and wellness through funding to support school nutrition in order…