…The consensus among ranchers and Texas Animal Damage Control Service (TADCS) personnel is that feral hog numbers are increasing in sheep and goat producing areas. This is supported by a…
NACD Welcomes Bill To Keep Red Tape At Bay
…voluntary conservation programs from costly and unnecessary reporting requirements. “Federal reporting requirements were never intended to burden farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners,” NACD CEO Jeremy Peters said. “They were meant…
New ‘Homegrown’ Blog
A closer look into the life of America’s farmers and ranchers The House Agriculture Committee debuted a new blog, Homegrown, to chronicle daily life of American farmers and ranchers from…
Western View: Yet Another National Monument?
It looks like the Federal Government is going to reach out and touch yet another group of cattle ranchers, this time in the Arizona Strip. Their touch is likely to…
Create Apps for Agriculture
…ranchers or anyone who works in agriculture? Meet others who can turn your idea into something functional. The 4th annual California Apps for Ag will be held July 15-17. The…
USDA Streamlining Crop Reporting
USDA announced Tuesday farmers and ranchers can update their crop acreage reports at any USDA office without having to visit another. USDA’s Farm Service Agency and Risk Management Agency can…
Supreme Court: Farmers Can Challenge Wetlands Determinations
…and ranchers can have their day in court when the government tells them they cannot plow a field or improve a ditch without a federal permit.” Critics of the EPA…
USDA Launches Ag Resource Management Survey
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service is beginning to collect data from more than 100,000 farmers and ranchers for the annual Agricultural Resource Management Survey. The survey looks at all aspects…
USDA Unveils New Improvement to Streamline Crop Reporting
Update Lets Farmers and Ranchers Report Common Acreage Information Once U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that farmers and ranchers filing crop acreage reports with the Farm Service Agency (FSA)…
CFBF Seeks Movement on Drought Bills
…variety of issues important to farmers and ranchers, including challenges with finding enough seasonal employees and the need for immigration reform that would provide a legal foreign workforce for agriculture….
Secretary Ross Visits Dynamic School Ag programs in Calaveras County
…in Calaveras County today, getting an opportunity to speak directly with young people who could be part of the next generation of farmers and ranchers in California. Secretary Ross visited…
View from the Barnyard on the Farm Economy
…examined the growing pressures in rural America from the perspective of their subcommittee. Members heard from a panel of witnesses who highlighted the current conditions farmers and ranchers are facing…
Biomass Incentives Resumed by USDA
…for delivery to energy conversion facilities, and it is a key piece of USDA’s strategy to grow the rural economy and create new markets for our farmers and ranchers.” Dolcini…
Benefits To U.S. Of TPP Deal
…farmers and ranchers, and we’re confident it will provide enormous new market opportunities for high-quality U.S. pork products,” said NPPC President John Weber, a pork producer from Dysart, Iowa. “America’s…