National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

Editor’s Note: This blog post is the first in a two-part series through which NSAC examines the latest Census of Agriculture in more detail. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the 2022 Census of Agriculture. million farms and ranches across the U.S. – Last month, the U.S. million, 142,000 fewer farms in 5 years.”

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 3, 2023

On this episode, host Shaun Haney tackles the latest of what’s happened this week in ag, including: Economic news and sorting out the rate decisions, New research comparing per-acre returns of ranching and grain farming in Saskatchewan; and, A clip from a Pulse School with Ken. Read More

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

On a crisp weekend this past fall, 30 state legislators from across the nation descended on TomKat Ranch , an 1,800-acre ranch focused on regenerative agriculture in Pescadero, California, an hour south of San Francisco. Attendees at the TomKat Ranch tour organized by the State Innovation Exchange (SiX).

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Food Tank

MARCH 7, 2025

For decadescertainly for most of my careerdiscussions about food and agriculture systems have been pushed to the sidelines. Many of us have had to fight, over and over and over again, to get folks in power to take food and agriculture seriously. But thats changing now.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

I’m raising my kids in agriculture.” His is the last ranch before the Bear River—the longest river in North America that does not empty into an ocean—flows into the Great Salt Lake. On his farm, Ferry is witness to the effects of water usage in a drought-ridden region. We’re right in the thick of it.” states, is in the thick of it.

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Daily Yonder

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Early in the summer of 2018, a nonprofit few Nebraskans have heard of bought a 22,613-acre chunk of land in Garden County. Box in Salt Lake City, picked up another 3,331 acres of county land, buying it from a Colorado investment company. The Mormon Church now owns about 370,000 total acres of zoned agricultural land in Nebraska.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Across the country, the US has lost both farms and farmland, according to the latest data from the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture , released this week. The US is now home to about 880 million acres of farmland, down from 900 million at the time of the last census in 2017. million farms. It doesn’t have to be.”

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CalCAN

AUGUST 24, 2023

55 miles south of San Francisco along Highway 1 lies Pie Ranch. Beginning with 14 acres along The post Senator Becker Visits Pie Ranch: A First-Hand Look at Climate-Resilient Agriculture appeared first on CalCAN.

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Food Tank

MAY 3, 2024

Department of Agriculture (USDA) Census data. And it helps first-generation farmers pursue a career in agriculture. She since partnered with Niman Ranch, which is a network of more than 600 small and mid-size farmers and ranchers across the U.S. Large factory farm facilities have replaced smaller family farms.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Surveying the aftermath of the Kula Upcountry Fire—one of three devastating wildfires that raged across Maui last month—Brendan Balthazar noticed a striking pattern emerge across his cattle ranch. Peppered throughout some 500 acres of charred pastureland, he found sizable patches of grass left unscathed by the blaze.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Upon leaving her family farm to study agriculture at Stanford, she took up a work-study program investigating the economic viability of grass-fed beef. “It Driving the I-5 between LA and San Francisco, I was like, ‘Oh, this is what people think cattle ranching is.’” Carman didn’t intend to stay on the ranch on which she grew up.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 31, 2024

farmers are using a new solution to treat soil compaction – a problem that affects over 68 million acres of farmland and significantly reduces crop yields. Unpac® , developed by Locus Agriculture, is an innovative biosurfactant soil amendment that successfully breaks up soil compaction through fermentation-derived technology.

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DTN

MARCH 21, 2024

agriculture and ranching was released in February. The data also serves as a bellwether for the state of sustainability in agriculture. Cover crop acres increased to 18 million total acres, a 17% increase, but when compared to total farmland, this represents only 6% of 300 million acres.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 5, 2024

Eric Boor took over his great-grandfather’s nine-acre farm in southern Iowa four years ago. Eric and Mikala both knew that they could raise hogs outdoors, but it wasn’t until they started partnering with Niman Ranch that they could make it work financially and begin to grow their business. “I

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the results of the 2022 Census of Agriculture. farms and ranches. farms and ranches. million farms and ranches (down 7% from 2017) with an average size of 463 acres (up 5%) on 880 million acres of farmland (down 2%).

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Today, he’s a sixth-generation pig farmer partnering with Niman Ranch. Williams, his wife Hannah, and their toddler Lyle now live on Williams Family Farms, sustainably and humanely raising pigs and farming about 400 acres of cropland. The best thing about Niman Ranch is how transparent they are.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The term data-driven decisions is becoming increasingly common in agriculture, but how committed are farmers to using data in their everyday practices? Are they truly allowing data to influence their operations, or is it just a catchphrase thrown around by people who aren't in the agricultural industry?

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2024

He and 100 caprine teammates can clear about an acre a day. “I Founded in 2020, Happy Goat farm sits on a 2,000-acre property in Mariposa County, near Yosemite National Park. The farm also teaches local students about agriculture and conservation—and donates much of the fruits and vegetables it grows to people in need.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It’s late October and Jon Griggs, manager of Maggie Creek Ranch in Elko, Nevada, still has more than a thousand Angus-cross calves left to wean. It’s been a decent year at the 200,000-acre spread, with enough forage for the 2,000 mother cows and their calves. A beaver is released at Maggie Creek Ranch.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 8, 2024

There was just one problem: Lewis and Barker could not afford to buy the farm or the land on which it sits—that is, until they worked with an agricultural land trust. Without agriculture, jobs are lost; 22.1 million full- and part-time jobs were related to the agricultural and food sectors in 2022, which equals 10.4

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Caff

JUNE 16, 2022

Their main marketing channels include a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program and wholesale sales. Brisa Ranch went through their first 3rd Party Audit in 2020 because they participated in the USDA’s Farm to Food Box Program (a COVID-19 response program) and needed the certification to sell to the program.

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ATTRA

APRIL 16, 2024

By Cody Brown and Darron Gaus , NCAT Agriculture Specialists Carbon Farm Planning is a rewarding process for producers and conservation planners, as we “dig deep” and find all the potential carbon sinks and soil health practices that can be implemented across the landscape. Designed by Colorado State University, in partnership with the U.S.

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Food Tank

JULY 14, 2023

In 2019, they connected with Niman Ranch, which is a network of more than 600 small and mid-size farmers and ranchers across the United States. Niman Ranch offers a guaranteed market for its farmers’ and ranchers’ products in exchange for a high standard of practices. Right now, Steven and Alaina both work off-farm jobs.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Brandon Davis Brandon helps manage a 12,000-acre operation alongside his father, running a small cow-calf herd of 50 head. Carly, pursuing her veterinary technician license, manages the cattle books, helps with feeding and doctoring, and plays an integral role on the ranch.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

It’s no wonder that hospital food gets a bad rap, says Santana Diaz, executive chef at the University of California Davis Medical Center, a sprawling, 142-acre campus located in Sacramento, California. As such, strictly grass-fed or grass-finished operations tend to be modest in scale, says Cheung, with the majority of ranches in the U.S.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

February 16, 2024) On Tuesday, February 13, 2024, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the results of the 2022 Census of Agriculture. The Census reports 880 million acres of privately held farmland in the U.S., down from 900 million in 2017.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Food and Agriculture Organization calculates—which makes the problem of soil erosion so much more concerning. As Adrian Lipscombe, a chef and the Founder of the 40 Acres Project, put it: “If we don’t have soil health, we’re not going to have food.” If we want good food, we need good soil. But they can’t do it alone.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 1, 2024

It’s no secret that the agricultural industry is facing multiple converging challenges including an urgently looming generational shift. According to the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture , the average age of a farmer is 58, with organic farmers coming in slightly younger at 52. Only 8 percent of the United States’ 3.3

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AgriLife Today

MARCH 5, 2024

million acres of ranchland and pastures blackened by wildfires across the Texas Panhandle. Department of Agriculture numbers, Read More → The post Feeding cattle after the fire appeared first on AgriLife Today. According to U.S.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 24, 2024

agriculture, food systems, and rural communities.” That is the opening line of the recently released Fifth National Climate Assessment’s section on agriculture. tons of American agricultural soil per acre, costing farmers and ranchers US$44 billion annually and taxpayers nearly US$100 billion. Each year, we lose 4.6

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

USDA officials release 2022 Census of Agriculture USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) on Tuesday released results of the 2022 Census of Agriculture , which includes more than 6 million data points about America’s farms and ranches and the people who operate them down to the county level.

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Daily Yonder

JUNE 18, 2024

As Mark and Tammy Copenhaver looked to the future, they saw nearly 3,000 acres and a family legacy on the vast Montana horizon in both literal and figurative ways. The challenge: Between the two of them, the couple had limited agricultural experience, and none in cattle. population lived,” notes the website. population lives.”

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 24, 2024

Nearly four decades ago, Ron Mardesen and his wife Denise stopped using antibiotics on their hog farm, A-Frame Acres, in Elliot, Iowa. In 2002, Mardesen started selling his pork to Niman Ranch, a network of independent family farmers that raise livestock without antibiotics or added hormones.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

agriculture currently faces some steep challenges. Climate change and biodiversity loss represent existential threats to the agricultural status quo. agricultural landscape and the policies that are most closely aligned with incentivizing its creation. However, NSAC covers the land access issue elsewhere.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 10, 2025

Next week in this newsletter, we will discuss more about the growing impact of wildfires on agriculture around the world and highlight organizations we feel are worth supporting. How do we inspire people of all ages to find their passions in food and agriculture systems?

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Photo credit: USDA EDITOR’S NOTE: On October 9, 2024, NSAC released Stewarding Success: CSP Under the 2018 Farm Bill , a comprehensive analysis of the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) over the course of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill). What is the Conservation Stewardship Program?

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 24, 2023

Since the resurgence of regenerative agriculture, farming has never been sexier. But what does regenerative agriculture mean? It’s official: Regenerative agriculture has been hijacked. This distinction,” says Newton, “raises interesting implications about how you define regenerative agriculture.”

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