…decade. Second, continuing discussions around agricultural overtime tax credits, which would help employers manage seasonal labor costs while ensuring employees are fairly compensated. Little emphasizes that farms operate under unique…
California Agriculture News: Labor, Automation, and Policy Updates – AgNet News Hour
…and California Policy Challenges Bryan discussed the economic pressures on farms, including high labor costs, regulatory burdens, and freight expenses. Automation could reduce costs and provide tech-oriented jobs, but Cal…
Kansas State: America’s First Land-Grant University
…landmark legislation. As a young state admitted to the Union in 1861, Kansas recognized the value of practical education that could strengthen its farms, communities, and workforce. Becoming a land-grant…
California Agave Farming: Stuart Woolf’s Vision for Sustainable Agriculture
California agriculture is facing unprecedented challenges, from water scarcity to rising production costs. Yet innovators like Stuart Woolf of Woolf Farms and Processing are finding ways to adapt and thrive….
Inside California’s Organic Farming Boom: Technology, Labor, and the Fight for Farmland
…1968.” That moment became the foundation of what would ultimately become Jacobs Farms/Del Cabo’s lifelong commitment to organic production. Diverse Crops, Diverse Regions Today, Jacobs Farms grows a wide range…
Organic Growers Summit 2025 in Monterey: Technology, Education, and Sustainable Farming Innovations
…both current technologies and emerging concepts from startups and industry leaders like Reservoir Farms. Attendees will have a chance to see firsthand how technology is shaping the future of organic…
America’s Biggest Farm Boom: 1860–1910
…distribution, and land value in profound ways. Farms Triple in Just 50 Years One of the most striking indicators of this transformation was the rapid multiplication of farms across the…
Women Farmers of the Civil War
Women on the Homefront: How the Civil War Transformed American Agriculture Photo by The Oregon State University Collections and Archives on Unsplash A Nation at War and Farms in Transition…
Early 19th Century Farming Shaped America’s Economy
…self-sufficiency remained the defining feature of American farming. Most farms were designed to feed the family first, with any surplus sold or traded nearby. Westward Expansion Opens the Door to…
Southern Agriculture: The Rise of Plantations and Cotton’s Global Impact
…large-scale, export-oriented agriculture. Despite the disparities, all farms—large and small—produced food for their own consumption. Yet, the South’s most profitable focus was on a select few cash crops that found…
How Railroads Transformed American Agriculture in the 1860s
…Homestead Act of 1862 offered 160-acre tracts of land to settlers at little to no cost. About 400,000 families took advantage of the program, building farms, towns, and livelihoods in…
Early American Farmers and the Lost Art of Soil Stewardship
…that fertility was exhausted, rather than restore the land, they sold their depleted farms and moved farther west—starting the cycle all over again. This pattern of depletion and migration spread…
Kings County Farm Bureau Takes on State Water Board Over Groundwater Rights
…high and high school students Ference underscored how essential it is for young people to understand where food comes from and what modern agriculture looks like. Today’s farms depend on…
Homestead Act and America’s Westward Expansion
…The Homestead Act transformed the American countryside. It spurred the rise of thousands of family farms across the Great Plains and Midwest, laying the foundation for the nation’s modern agricultural…