Trimble Agriculture

JULY 17, 2024

Industrial agriculture is a term often used negatively, but is it the villain it’s made out to be? The debate surrounding industrial agriculture and farm consolidation is complex and multifaceted. Recently, this has become a more pressing topic of concern with the release of the 2022 Census of Agriculture.

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Trimble Agriculture

APRIL 3, 2024

Over the years, the number of farms and agricultural land in the U.S. Is agricultural policy the answer? The 2022 Census of Agriculture reported that the number of American farms fell below two million for the first time in almost a century. Is agricultural policy to blame? has steadily been in decline.

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Trimble Agriculture

JULY 26, 2023

Is now the right time to consolidate farm debt? agriculture is trending lower and is expected to continue softening over the next 12 months. The combination of these events will strain farm finances. It is our mission to provide flexible financing options to help farmers recover and thrive.

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Trimble Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Land ownership is a crucial milestone for young farmers, representing stability, investment, and a future in agriculture. Rising land prices, limited availability, and financial barriers pose significant challenges to young farmers seeking to secure their place in the agricultural community. agricultural industry. Read More 3.

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Trimble Agriculture

AUGUST 2, 2023

Over the last 75 years, 28 percent of agricultural land has been lost. This poses a serious threat to the future of American family farms and ultimately compromises our domestic food security. In this article, we break down four barriers to farm succession and outline the different strategies we can use to tackle them.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

US farmers and their allies should pay attention, think how to make protest part of our ongoing Farm Bill debate and take some power back when it comes to making policy. And cuts took place: From 1980 to 2021 , the total EU budget dedicated to agriculture went to below 25 percent from more than 60 percent. Yes, they do.

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

That got me ruminating about who is really in the drivers seat on a typical farm or ranch business. And who was really in charge when I was co-owner of our family dairy farm? I had to admit, although I was managing the finances, the milking herd, and the crops, it probably wasnt me or anyone else in the family.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 6, 2023

It had been such a bad run of finances that he said to just get out,” says Wahl. Instead, Wahl took any agriculture-related class he could—soil science, crop growing, feed—and tapped into his family’s network of farmers to learn everything he needed to know about animal health. Be a poet, do whatever, just no animal science.’

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Daily Yonder

JUNE 28, 2024

Shane Hamilton is a historian of American agriculture and agribusiness who teaches at the University of York in the United Kingdom. Witnessing the struggles my parents faced led me to an acute awareness of the value of education as a means of finding better opportunities outside of agriculture.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

She and Rafkin had a goal of adding diversity and value to her family’s farm through organic agriculture, but they found few organic farmers in the area at the time and none that were implementing agroforestry. Johnson found support through Practical Farmers of Iowa, a group dedicated to building resilient farms and communities.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As director of demonstration and on-farm education for the Savanna Institute (SI) , she knows that agroforestry can be a game-changer in fighting climate change and creating healthier food systems. Transitioning from traditional agricultural methods to agroforestry often requires a shift in mindset and education. and Champaign, Ill.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Food and Agriculture Organization—yet 90 percent of production faces significant threats from the climate crisis. The truth that Water is Life is at the heart of Food Tank’s Official World Food Day North America Celebration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other partners, which I hope you’ll join on Oct.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 28, 2023

The awardees – which include many National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) members – proposed national, regional, and local projects that cover 40 states and territories including Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.

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Farmbrite

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Running a successful farm or ranch is about more than just tending to the land and animals. Farmbrite, a powerful farm and ranch accounting software, is designed to help agricultural businesses streamline their financial processes and gain valuable insights into their operations, ultimately increasing profitability.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

On May 1, 2024 – after months of stalled farm bill negotiations on both sides of Capitol Hill – Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released a detailed section-by-section summary of her farm bill proposal. NSAC will reserve final assessment until the full legislative text becomes available.

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Civil Eats

MAY 1, 2024

When Jeff Broberg and his wife, Erica, moved to their 170-acre bean and grain farm in Winona, Minnesota in 1986, their well water measured at 8.6 These nitrogen-based compounds, common in agricultural runoff, are linked to multiple cancers and health issues for those exposed. ppm for nitrates. Tesdell’s is 80.

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Air Quality Task Force (AAQTF). The agriculture canine teams (Beagle Brigade) of the U.S. The overall economic impact of Wisconsin’s dairy industry is bigger than ever, and dairy remains the leading sector of Wisconsin agriculture. Senate’s unanimous passage of S.759

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Caff

APRIL 9, 2024

CAFF’s mission is to build sustainable food and farming systems through policy advocacy and on-the-ground programs that create more resilient family farms, communities, and ecosystems. As a farmer-serving organization, we recognize the historic and lasting inequities in the California food and farming system.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Food and farming writer, Steph Wetherell, explores the potential of share farming, an agricultural model common in the New Zealand dairy farming industry and on the rise in the UK, whereby new entrants gain access into farming through connecting with existing landowners who in turn benefit from the support they receive for succession arrangements.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Read the transcribed version below: THE CONTRIBUTION OF FARMING TO THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT: THE FARMER’S VIEWPOINT BY STEELE ADDISON 6 th November 1985 Agriculture has been severely criticised by the conservation lobby over the last few years. Quite often the tenant farmers bought their farms with the help of the banks and AMC.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 11, 2023

Despite incentives to establish more sustainable – even organic – farming practices, most farmers are caught in an industrial system of chemicals, hybrid seed, and genetically modified (GMO) seed. One way to reduce agricultural chemicals is planting cover crops in the Fall after the cash crop is harvested.

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

That got me ruminating about who is really in the drivers seat on a typical farm or ranch business. And who was really in charge when I was co-owner of our family dairy farm? I had to admit, although I was managing the finances, the milking herd, and the crops, it probably wasnt me or anyone else in the family.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

His first parish was located in a small agricultural community, which put him back in touch with his childhood dream. “I I was really in tune with the movement of the seasons and the farm cycle—and I enjoyed that.” In 2015, Tim became fascinated by regenerative agriculture practices and soil health.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

AUGUST 12, 2024

Whether through our scholarship program, internship program, or just visiting with youth in our territory, I am continually assured of the future of this great planet and our agriculture industry. Taylor is majoring in Agricultural Business with a minor in Marketing at West Texas A&M University with an expected graduation in May 2025.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 recently passed by the House Agriculture Committee does not serve the new generation of farmers and ranchers in this country. Just before midnight on May 24, 2024, the House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture voted on the bill. The committee considered the bill in a 13.5-hour

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Contributing authors: Abigail Buta ,and Jessica Levy , and Elena Seeley The momentum to transform food and agriculture systems has never been more urgentor more inspiring. It connects expertise across disciplines to enhance food security, improve distribution, and position Canada as a leader in agricultural innovation.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 16, 2024

Family farms are the backbone of our food system. More than 90 percent of farms—about 500 million—are run either by individual or family labor! billion people worldwide are involved in family farming, and these operations produce more than 80 percent of the world’s food value, according to U.N. More than 1.5

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The project aimed to highlight distinct and diverse farms of Virginia’s agricultural community through a narrative inquiry framework. This project material is based upon work that is funded and supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Small-scale, part-time tobacco farming that filled savings accounts or paid debts—that was real, but is no longer. The more baroque fantasy, the tale of the miracle crop that founded a nation and ensured our freedom and financed our entry into the modern world? agricultural workers is now 0.037 percent. agricultural land, was 0.04

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) has an array of programs aimed at farmers growing food that supports rural communities and the environment, but its own purchasing has long revolved around sourcing the cheapest foods available. To Waterman, that is precisely why change is necessary.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Ambassador Susan Rice, White House Domestic Policy Advisor, were in the Chippewa Valley Thursday promoting investments in regional meat processing. Theo Scholze of Scholze Family Farms in Humbird is among those who will benefit from the Crescent Meats expansion.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). This marks the latest step in the ongoing process of shaping the next Farm Bill. We hope that this is a useful guide to understanding the bill as well as for analyzing agricultural policy proposals we may see discussed in 2025 and beyond.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 14, 2025

Located on the western bank of the Mississippi River, the family farm now spans roughly 4,000 acres and produces corn, cotton, soybeans, wheat, and milo. In their first attempt to scale up and acquire 640 acres, the brothers turned to the Farm Service Agency (FSA), a loan-making entity of the U.S.

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Trimble Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

We can’t foresee the future of agricultural policy, but we can influence it. As the 2024 election approaches, uncertainty looms over agricultural policy, leaving many landowners, farmers, and ranchers anxious about their operations’ future. Like you, we wish we could foresee the future. While a majority of U.S.

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