Trimble Agriculture

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The Farm Crisis of the 1980s and Farm Consolidation In the 1970s, concern about feeding the growing population led to Earl Butz, the Secretary of Agriculture, calling for farmers to “get big or get out.” In fact, 90 percent of the agricultural debt market isn’t diversified across commodities, regions, or experience.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will release the 2022 Census of Agriculture data on February 13, 2024. NASS plans to release the data from the 2022 Puerto Rico Census of Agriculture in summer 2024. with AFBF’s Golden Plow award. Virgin Islands.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2023

National Businesses and Organizations American Sustainable Business Network Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) Carbon180 Defenders of Wildlife Earthjustice Environmental Policy Innovation Center Environmental Working Group Farm Aid HEAL Food Alliance Healthy Food Strategies Latino Farmers & Ranchers International, (..)

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently called on three state agencies to take action to protect the health of rural residents. Minnesota Department of Agriculture testing has shown that over 12 percent of the private wells tested in the eight-county karst region of southeastern Minnesota exceeded the EPA’s drinking water standard.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

By Lee Rinehart, NCAT Agriculture Specialist In my past two blogs, I reflected on planting cover crops on small plots and gardens. I wrote these blogs because, as an agricultural educator, I need to ground truth what I teach. If you missed them, you can read them here and here. My little mad farm helps me do that. It keeps me honest.

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ATTRA

JULY 11, 2023

By Nina Prater, NCAT Agriculture Specialist Over 15 years ago, I moved from Vermont to Arkansas, and I’ve been here farming in the Ozarks ever since. The differences between the two places revealed themselves more and more the longer I lived here. This line of questioning led him to understand the importance of soil health for crop growth.

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ATTRA

APRIL 9, 2024

By Lee Rinehart , NCAT Agriculture Specialist September is the beginning of my year. As my tomato plants were more than ready to be set out, I had to get the cover cut, chopped, and plowed into the soil in preparation for transplanting. Agricultural fallout. But a mechanical tiller? A machine of destruction? The Dust Bowl.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 4, 2024

Agriculture has been a way of life and a source of meaning and pride for Black and Indigenous people for centuries, shaping rituals, beliefs, and traditions. Slavery and colonialism exploited their agricultural knowledge and shattered their lives. Civilization is built on the back of successful agriculture. Eulalia Williams.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

APRIL 23, 2024

population – know about or pay attention to the Farm Bill, the legislative vehicle for much of the nation’s agricultural and food policies. Agriculture and food are not synonymous, but that’s for another day.) No more funding for specialty crops, urban agriculture, conservation, or the Gus Schumacher Healthy Incentives Program.

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