…Game® The game’s objective is to raise money by harvesting crops and selling livestock, including hay, fruit, grain, and cattle. This is done by moving around the board using one…
GOP Platform Touches on Ag Issues
…buying and selling of livestock and poultry – the so-called GIPSA Rule – from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. The platform calls the U.S….
Agri View: Lost Land
…The overgrazing stripped the land, and, in part, brought about the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Congress enacted the 1934 Taylor Grazing Act, which finally established grazing districts and required…
Lessons from Six California Soil Care Farmers
…preservation, and compost applications. Water Infiltration Demonstration John Teixeira is a diversified farmer in Firebaugh working to develop integrated crop and livestock systems that are not reliant on external inputs….
Funding for Urban Ag Conservation
…The district also plans to use the additional staff hours to develop conservation plans for expanded fruit and vegetable, hay, corn, and cattle grazing operations on land leased from the…
Organic Symposium Proceedings Now Available
…topics ranging from soil health, seeds, plant breeding, and biological control, to biodiversity, economics, and livestock — all with a focus on organic production. Dahlberg “We are making these presentations…
NPPC Opposes Proposed Animal Welfare Changes
…of organic food and agriculture, but they could be broadened to include regular livestock production methods. Another policy change NPPC opposes is in Massachusetts, where a livestock housing initiative backed…
Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Deal Goes to A Vote
…is expected to benefit Canada’s livestock sector, among others. The signing follows a recent surge in trade between the countries that totaled $278 million in 2015, which was 14 percent…
Commodity Carnival
…Risk Ranch is a fun and fast-paced, single-player game with engaging, real-life content, challenging you to take on the role of a modern day farmer and bring livestock to market….
NMPF Endorses Legislation
…of Representatives that would clarify the exemption of dairy farms and other livestock producers from being subject to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which governs the safe disposal…
Canada Proposes Stronger Rules for Antimicrobial Drugs
…last week. The department is seeking feedback on a regulatory proposal that would strengthen rules governing the importation, sale and use of antibiotics in livestock. In a news release, Health…
Opening Markets for Almond Hulls
…Van Meter says China especially is an ideal market for almond hulls. “They have the second largest dairy industry in the world, just behind India,” Van Meter says. “China livestock…
Pacific Region Cattle and Livestock Review
…from April, 2016 and down 3 percent from May 2015. Monthly milk per cow averaged 2,005 pounds, up 40 pounds from April 2016. Pacific Region Livestock Review (.pdf) full report….
Agri View: Farm Trends
…a farmer’s livestock, soybeans, or heirloom green zebra tomatoes, plus government assistance, equals gross cash income. Gross farm income, on the other hand, is tricky because it includes anything a…