The “Small Farms Farmer First Initiative“, led by Brooke Rollins, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, is designed to empower small-scale farmers by addressing key challenges and ensuring long-term sustainability. The…
AgNet News Hour Tuesday, 05-27-25
…of seed, feed, fertilizer, energy, land, and taxes, while prices remain stagnant. Reisinger noted that 45,000 farms disappear annually, affecting food security and affordability. He emphasizes the need for new…
Rollins Lays Out Policies of Small Farms Farmer First Initiative
USDA image The Small Farms Farmer First Initiative, led by Brooke Rollins, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, is designed to empower small-scale farmers by addressing key challenges and ensuring long-term…
Land Grabbers are Stealing Small Family Farms
…to take away, and steal, some of the small family farms who have been there for over 100 years. Stephanie Moreda Arend, on next week from Moreda Family Farms, a…
Fifth-Generation Dairy Farmer Sounds Alarm on California Ag Issues
…farms in the Point Reyes and Petaluma region. Farming alongside her parents and brother at Moreda Family Farms, Stephanie represents a dwindling population of small-scale producers fighting to preserve their…
Land Rich, Cash Poor: A Deep Dive Into California’s Farming Crisis
…Poor, we dug into what’s causing the decline of American family farms—especially in California—and what might help. Brian, a fourth-generation farm kid turned journalist, shared a personal journey that started…
Farming in California vs the United States
…you know even more and more farms in California are disappearing. Government and some folks who have other issues in mind don’t make it easier, the reality is that our…
From Exports to Excess: How Tariffs Are Crushing the Hay Market
…see out there in the future for farming? I think it depends on what irrigation district you’re in, if you’re in one at all. If a guy farms some ground and…
Reisinger Discusses Challenges and Solutions for Farms in Book
…farms per year on average for the past century that we’ve been losing. The kids, are they getting into farming? Are they taking over their parents’ farms? How’s the next…
AgNet News Hour Friday, 05-23-25
…announced a suite of new policies that are in their Small Farms Plan. She went into details of each of the programs and parts of the plan. She then mentioned…
Organic vs. the Weather
Fertile agricultural field of organic crops in California Copyright: veeterzy / 123RF Stock Photo Talking with Steven Paul from Homegrown Organic Farms and asking is this the perfect weather here…
AgNet News Hour Wednesday, 05-21-25
…farms, which make up 86% of U.S. farms, operating on 41% of farmland and generating 24% of farm production. The program, funded by USDA, provides grants rather than federal money,…
Soil in Organic is a Big Thing
Organic farm planted with various type of organic vegetables and fruits Wee Hong, via Wikimedia Commons Talking with Steven Paul from Homegrown Organic Farms in Kingsburg California and how important…
AgNet News Hour Tuesday, 05-20-25
…Paul, category director at Homegrown Organic Farms. Stephen shares the company’s incredible evolution—from a small stone fruit operation to a robust, employee-owned enterprise managing 16 commodities across multiple states. Listeners…