Caff

JUNE 29, 2021

She farms 1.5 She dry farms tomatoes and winter squash on one property which sits low in the ground and typically floods every winter. It’s usually too wet to get tractors on the fields until June.” This year, for the first time in the twelve years Caiti has farmed, a seasonal pond on the land did not fill.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Moving from daytime to overnight work is often presented as the most practical solution for agricultural laborers struggling with rising temperatures as a result of climate change. full_link LEARN MORE Opinion: As the heat rises, we must do better at protecting agricultural workers. Its a massive lose-lose situation.

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UnderstandingAg

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The Cheapest Hay Is the Hay You Never Buy *Additional management considerations for this article were provided by Kent Solberg, Understanding Ag, LLC Stockpiled Pasture Regenerative agriculture and adaptive grazing often focus on reducing inputs in an agriculture production system. Fall grazing stockpiled pasture.

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Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

His recent book, Love For the Land: Lessons from Farmers Who Persist in Place , is a portrait of two changing Tennessee counties and the people who populate them – those who’ve chosen to stay in their changing hometowns in the face of development pressures and agricultural agglomeration. Brooks Lamb on his family’s farm.

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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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Modern Farmer

JUNE 30, 2023

But Black farm ownership has dropped dramatically over the years, with just 1,500 estimated to remain in Arkansas today. Among those is the Williams family farm, a fourth-generation operation that has been able to beat the odds and find inspiration in an unlikely place: its own fields. His brother and late father, Harvey Sr.,

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Daily Yonder

MARCH 4, 2024

of farm household members had no health insurance, higher than the 9.1% Department of Agriculture report using 2015 data, the most recent available. million farmers and ranchers in the country, according to the USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Family members share that risk. Nationwide, 10.7% for the U.S.

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Caff

MARCH 9, 2023

Summary Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) and the California Climate & Agriculture Network (CalCAN) are sponsoring AB 552 to create the California Small & Underserved Farmer Equipment & Cooperative Resources program at the Department of Conservation(DOC) to facilitate a competitive grant program. SIGN ON TODAY!

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The Farmers Daughter USA

MARCH 2, 2023

DOJ’s briefing stated: These various machines, or ‘tractors’ for short, enable American agriculture. When they break or fail to operate and repair markets function poorly, agriculture suffers. DOJ argues it should, because John Deere’s repair restrictions are like a monopoly. Crops waste. Land lies fallow.

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Caff

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Proving that innovation thrives on a small-scale, the winners of the 3rd annual Small Farm Innovation Challenge bring appropriate tech solutions to local agriculture. The post 2023 Small Farm Innovation Challenge Winners appeared first on Community Alliance with Family Farmers.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 23, 2024

By Hakeem Holmes, NCAT Agriculture Specialist Farming—one of the world’s oldest professions—encompasses enterprises that individuals start for multitude of different purposes, whether for desire for self-sufficiency, environmental stewardship, family tradition, or entrepreneurial ventures. According to the U.S

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Caff

AUGUST 2, 2021

And after more than a year of pandemic-induced market disruptions, from which many small businesses have yet to fully recover, the onset of yet another disaster has small farms questioning their future. It’s not just tractors that run the risk of breaking down; many of our farms are on the brink,” said Paul Towers, Executive Director of CAFF.

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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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Trimble Agriculture

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Episode One: Farmin’ and Football with Josh Allen Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills quarterback, sat down with host Pat Spinosa to talk about what it was like growing up on his family farm—and the support he got from his dad when he decided to pursue a career in sports. “[My My dad] knew what he was doing when he was raising me as a kid.

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Caff

JANUARY 17, 2023

As a farmer-serving organization, we recognize the historic and lasting inequities in the California food and farming system. This position will be an integral member of the CAFF Small-Farm Tech Hub team and will serve other farmers across California as available and appropriate.

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Caff

JANUARY 27, 2021

Every year, we honor individuals, farms and local businesses making a positive impact on our food and agricultural communities throughout California. Awards will be bestowed during the conclusion of the California Small Farm Conference on February 28, a free event featuring keynote speaker, Nikki Silvestri.

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Modern Farmer

JUNE 6, 2024

Kincaid’s Lupin (Photo courtesy of Washington Natural Heritage Program) All across North America, endangered plant species and wildlife are struggling to survive on agricultural land. As more land is converted for agricultural use, the bobolink’s traditional nesting areas have become endangered.

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Sustainable Food Trust

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Of course, the situation in the EU is marginally different from the UK, mainly because they have the Common Agricultural Policy with the proposed green reforms, whereas we have post-Brexit subsidy packages which are moving in an environmental direction. However, in essence, the issues are similar because the background to this is common.

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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.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 31, 2024

On a sunny September afternoon, Tripician stood in front of a small crowd to present Bert Glover, the managing director of Impact Ag Partners, an Australian firm that helps people like Murdoch make and manage regenerative agriculture investments. There’s one philosophy that says, ‘Well, better agriculture is just about a better product.

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Daily Yonder

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The Calculus in Minnesota This Minnesota family farm is the only event Biden has attended himself during the rural tour, which includes stops in urban cities such as Indianapolis, too. Parks was also concerned about getting help on the farm, especially if she or her husband becomes ill. “We Biden plans to invest nearly $1.7

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In March 2003, a North Carolina tobacco farmer named Dwight Watson drove his tractor all the way north to Washington, D.C., agricultural workers is now 0.037 percent. agricultural land, was 0.04 He told me multiple times that our family farm, when he was growing up, supported six families.

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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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