…doesn’t mean growers are farming more land. “We see sort of a rejuvenation of the industry, if you will, not really an increase in acreage,” he said. The commission agrees…
Agri View: Drought and Farming
Everett Griner talks about drought and farming in the United States in today’s Agri View. Drought and Farming Now, everybody knows what a drought is. It is something that affects…
Western View: The Right to Not Farm
…designed to keep farmers farming there. However, one Marin County turkey farmer is fighting for the right to retire from farming. Willie Benedetti, owner and president of Benedetti Farms and…
Cotton Board Holds Annual Meeting
…to serve as Chairman for the 2017/2018 Program Year. LaCour is a cotton producer from Morganza, Lousiana. As General Manager of the farming partnership GNG Farms, LaCour has overseen production…
Family Farm Action Lobbying Group Launched
…now controls one in four pigs in the United States. Five multinational corporations—soon to merge to just three—dominate the market for seeds and fertilizer. “Contract farming” pushes families deep into…
Not All Ag Groups Happy with Direction of NAFTA Talks
…a thorough, independent evaluation of NAFTA’s economic, social, environmental and governance impacts,” adding “the new NAFTA should support local farming communities. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Update: Landowner Settles Wetlands Case
…to what can happen to any farming company in America.” Several Duarte Nursery employees also spoke, discussing what losing their jobs would mean to them. “John would have preferred to…
Food and Farm Facts Book
…in the new Food and Farm Facts book by the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture. The book offers consumers a look at facts about farming and food production. The…
Agri View: Export Trade
Everett Griner talks about the export trade in America in today’s Agri View. Export Trade Every grade school child is taught that farming feeds us. I don’t suppose they are…
Western View: Teosinte and GMO Foods
…in the wild. The Mayan culture grew to be advanced and used sophisticated farming technology, including extensive canals and ditches for irrigation. They applied their technology to mutate Teosinte into…
California FFA: Agricultural Education Funding Vital
…education have a much broader impact. “There’s plenty of other parts, from vertical farming in urban areas and rooftop gardens, as well as the more communications side or the policy…
Agri View: Who Started Farming?
Everett Griner talks about where, and how, farming started in America in today’s Agri View. Who Started Farming? You know farming has been the number one industry in this country…
Labor Shortages Continue to Plague California
There has been a concerning trend over the past few years as labor shortages are continuing to be seen in many areas of California. Some farming operations are attempting to…
Agri View: Hobby Farming
Everett Griner talks about hobby farming. A new kind of farmer in today’s Agri View. Hobby Farming There is a growing new type of farmer. And, it is drawing a…