…in 2015 from farmers, ranchers, packers and shippers dedicated to helping their communities. One in six adults and one in four children in California suffer from food insecurity. More than…
Loans for Farm Storage-Handling Equipment
…coordinates the Department’s work to develop local and regional food systems. USDA is committed to helping farmers, ranchers, and businesses access the growing market for local and regional foods, which…
Factors Impacting Cost of Production
…of production to America’s farmers and ranchers is impacted by many factors ranging from market price and land values to government policies and regulations. According to our witness from Illinois,…
National Grasslands
…Forest Service’s urgent mission to conserve open space. During America’s westward expansion in the 1800s, a once teeming herd of bison was largely eliminated as ranchers, soldiers, prospectors and railroad…
Resource to Help Food Hubs
…local and regional food systems. USDA is committed to helping farmers, ranchers, and businesses access the growing market for local and regional foods, which was valued at $12 billion in…
Agri View: Ostrich Farming
…attention for their ultra-fine quality. Ostrich ranchers both in the US and South Africa are beginning to turn over high profits. However, the industry is not without its problems, and…
New Partnerships to Link Underserved Farmers
…USDA has invested more than $1 billion in over 40,000 local and regional food businesses and infrastructure projects. USDA is committed to helping farmers, ranchers, and businesses access the growing…
Bison Our National Mammal
…conservation success story, having been brought back from the brink of extinction by a concerted effort of ranchers, conservationists, tribes and politicians to save the species in the early 20th…
Agri View: Farming Times
…and ranching did better than many other parts of the economy. It was a welcome rebound for farmers and ranchers, who have worked through a lot of tough times. Those…
Measuring Conservation Impacts on Water Quality
…enrolling a record number of acres in conservation programs. Seventy-percent of the nation’s land is owned and tended to privately, and America’s farmers, ranchers and landowners have willingly stepped up…
CDFA: 16M for 129 projects
…our farmers and ranchers to accelerate the adoption of scientifically proven technologies and practices that make our state’s agricultural community more sustainable.” Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and…
Paris Climate Agreement Signed
…on climate change. The agreement establishes a long-term and durable framework to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and build resiliency for the future. America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners have…
For Agriculture, Every Day is Earth Day
By: Sen. Pat Roberts & Rep. Michael Conaway “We’ve all heard it said: farmers are the original environmentalists. We say that because American farmers and ranchers were taking care of…
Farming from the Heart- Sheep Day
…on by Carnegie professor Doctor Lyle McNeal and the Broadbent family. The group was conducting the biannual BSE Test, which is the Breeding Soundness Exam, where ranchers test their rams…