A new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture released this week shows 99 percent of U.S. farms were family farms in 2015. Family farms, according to USDA, are classified…
Meeting Growing Demand for Organic Products
…Director Sonny Ramaswamy. “Research investments in programs like Organic Transitions helps more farms become certified organic and gain access to this growing market opportunity.” Priority research areas include: Documenting and…
Oh Christmas Tree
…use “real” cut Christmas trees for their holiday celebration. Most coming from Christmas tree farms or sold at tree lots – and most likely all of them coming from far,…
CFBF President Urges Farmers to Work Toward Change
…But he said the new administration would likely focus on easing the impact of federal regulation on farms and other businesses. “We can look to the federal level to help…
CDFA: December is Farm to Food Bank Month
The Season of Giving by CDFA Secretary Karen Ross & Bryce Lundberg, Lundberg Family Farms and member of the CA State Board of Food and Agriculture Over the years more…
Dairy Groups Detail Importance of Dairy Trade
…approximately 3,200 jobs per $1 billion of exports. Exports consume approximately 14% of the milk produced on American farms, the equivalent of one day’s production each week. “During the last…
USDA Surveying Sheep Operations
…Estimates of the total number of operations with sheep and percent of inventory by herd size and the total number of operations with goats by type are published in Farms,…
Survey Shows Little Assistance from Farm Bill Dairy Program
…signed up for the program. Of those, only 93 farms, or 12 percent, had received any payments from the program, and only five indicated they considered the program to be…
Proposed Tax Regulation a Threat to Future Cattle Farms
…generation, or even continuing their operations in the future. Family-owned cattle farms are often small businesses that face the same challenges as other small businesses in different sectors, including making…
Farm Income Drops 17 Percent in 2016
U.S. farmers will see their net incomes drop in 2016 for the third consecutive year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says weaker cash returns on livestock, poultry, and dairy farms…
Winter Vegetable Harvest Gets Early Start
…farms. “We’re paying $10 to $12 an hour, and they’re making $10 to $12 a day (in Mexico),” he said. Increased mechanization is a possibility, Strahm said. “We’re already seeing…
California Fighting Global Warming on the Backs of Dairy Farmers
…installing methane digesters at dairy farms, but the industry says that won’t be enough to help all 1,500-some dairy operations in California. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news…
Canada Confirms More Bovine TB cases
…cows, quarantines remain in place on approximately 34 farms in Alberta and two in southwestern Saskatchewan. All cattle from the index herd are in the process of being removed from…
CAWG Elects New Board Members
…serve three-year terms beginning Dec. 1. The new directors are John Balletto, owner and founder of Balletto Vineyards in Santa Rosa; Joel Maring, general manager of Maring Farms Inc. and…