…more than doubled over the past decade. The growing interest in food transparency and sustainable farming practices is one of the key factors in the continuing growth of the organic…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 05-27-19
…Day, we highlight the Armed to Farm program that provides sustainable farming to veterans. As you are enjoying the time with family and friends today, let’s all take a minute…
USDA Reminds Producers of Approaching Marketing Assistance Loan Deadlines
…county loan rate. The 2018 Farm Bill simplified market loan gains and LDP provisions by removing payment limitations, actively engaged in farming provisions and cash-tenant rules; however, adjusted gross income…
Tricolored Blackbirds Part of Dairy’s Conservation Story
…a lose-win situation. This conservation partnership and bridging the gap between mainstream and farming, it’s a win-win.” Fourteen dairies have enrolled 600 acres in the delayed harvest compensation program, according…
May Rain Silver Lining for Strawberry Growers
…loss may be a good thing overall for the industry. “Like most successful farming industries, overproduction always ends up becoming a problem, and everybody wants everybody else to cut back…
CFBF President: Labor Needs are Greater in California
…massive amount of hired help to keep farming operations running during seasonal harvest. However, despite using other tactics such as increasing wages, switching to mechanization and even changing cultivation practices,…
Labor Shortages Continue for California Farms
…tried and are trying all the tactics available to them, such as increased wages, changes in farming and cropping patterns, use of the existing H-2A visa program and automation where…
CARB and CDFA Develop New Climate-Smart Agriculture Initiative
…working with the Perennial Farming Initiative in developing the Restore California Renewable Restaurants program. The voluntary initiative allows diners to choose restaurants that are helping to fund the reduction of…
Farming Has a Long History in the Western U. S.
…ancient times, of people who were farming here long before Columbus. Some of these dwellings are very remote. A few, however, are much easier to visit. The place we call…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 04-24-19
…their good work and environmentally friendly farming practices. You’ll also tune in to a report which details Sacramento lawmakers hearing concerns from the grape industry and we’ve got more news…
Ag Census Looks at Data Differently
…data after changing the way the they looked at the information collected. Rather than focusing on primary operators, the service looked at all people on farming operations who make important…
App Brings STEM Agriculture Games to Youth
…non-farming public about the importance of agriculture and reconnect them through educational outreach and learning resources with the people who grow their food. Source: American Farm Bureau Federation Sponsored Content…
Program to Promote Pollinator Health Hits Milestone
…operation or a farming operation where they put out pollinator seeds and growing a wildflower garden or somebody’s backyard in the city, or on their porch in a high-rise in…
California Seed Association Works to Ensure Future Success of the Industry
…the California Seed Association continues to grow its membership and continues to stay very relevant in what’s going on in our industry.” As with other sectors of the farming business,…