…reach across the aisle and come together to resolve the challenges we face. “Farmers and ranchers understand that their businesses and their families have too much at stake to take…
Alberta Beef Producers Want TB Support
The Alberta Beef Producers organization is calling for financial support for ranchers as Canada investigates a case of bovine tuberculosis. Ag Canada reports the group recently said a significant number…
Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future
…the boardroom, we’ve increased our investment in delivering problem-driven and solutions-based science that empowers farmers, foresters, ranchers, landowners, resource managers, professors and policymakers to help manage the risks we face….
Beginning Farmers Learn from California
The National Farmers Union (NFU) Beginning Farmers Institute (BFI) reconvened in Salinas, California, on Friday, November 4, for the second of three annual programming sessions. Seventeen beginning farmers and ranchers…
USDA Expands Working-Lands Conservation Opportunities through CRP
…provided $5.6 billion in disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; expanded risk management tools with products like Whole Farm Revenue Protection; and helped farm businesses grow with $36 billion in…
FSA County Committee Elections to Begin
…and ranchers across the country for the 2016 FSA County Committee elections on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016. Producers must return ballots to their local FSA offices by Dec. 5, 2016,…
USDA Seeks Applications for Conservation Innovation Grants
…for project proposals include the following: Innovative approaches that benefit historically underserved and veteran farmers and ranchers, beginning farmers and ranchers and those with limited resources; Natural resources data analytics…
Nominations for Trade Advisory Committees
…formulate trade strategy and keep American exports growing,” Vilsack said. “Committee members serve an invaluable role to help enact trade agreements and trade policies that benefit America’s farmers, ranchers and…
Farmers Fleeing HSUS Ag Advisory Councils
…ranchers who give proper care to their animals. Further, HSUS CEO Wayne Pacelle removed high-profile rancher Kevin Fulton from the national council. Fulton, who runs an organic grazing operation, was…
American Lamb Board Appointments Announced
…authorized the establishment of 22 industry-funded research and promotion boards. They empower farmers and ranchers to leverage their own resources to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets, and conduct important…
New Rangeland Fire Science Plan
…to the plan’s successful implementation and continued collaboration with states, scientists, resource managers, western communities, ranchers and farmers.” Across the West, the accelerated invasion of non-native grasses, coupled with the…
Enrollment Period for Safety Net Coverage in 2017
…provided $5.6 billion in disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; expanded risk management tools with products like Whole Farm Revenue Protection; and helped farm businesses grow with $36 billion in…
Protecting Sensitive Agricultural Lands
…almost 24 million acres of wetlands, grasslands and wildlife habitat in 2016. CRP provides financial assistance to farmers and ranchers who remove environmentally sensitive land from production to be planted…
Poll Shows Trump Leading in Farm Country
…ranchers supporting Trump and 58 percent of farmers and ranchers in Florida also said they will support Trump. 86 percent of respondents were “somewhat” or “very dissatisfied” with the way…