National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

For example, increasing aridity in the Southwest and increasingly wet conditions throughout the northeast regions of the country–from the Midwest through New England–are likely to challenge crop and livestock production. from NCA5 Higher temperatures can stress both crops and livestock.

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Agriculture Agriculture Forage Livestock 105

Sustainable Food Trust

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Driven by supermarket price wars, retailers have been relentlessly pushing down the price that they offer to the farmers that supply them, who, when faced with this price pressure, have perceived the only option left to them is further intensification and enlargement of their farming operations and, in the case of livestock, animal numbers.

Food 141

Food Farming Farming Tractor 141

Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

But blueberry land and other parcels of rural Maine are being increasingly eyed for housing development, and Sweetland feels the wild blueberry sector is under pressure, especially when blueberry market prices drop. Our goal is to understand the impact of construction — how will blueberries react to being driven over?”

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Agriculture Agriculture Construction Farming 52

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management. Those include $1.65

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Supply Chain Food Acre Agriculture 145

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

The grants and loans initiated by USDA are helping underwrite the cost of construction and equipment acquisition, but these small businesses face counting challenges in developing marketing plans, recruiting a qualified workforce, capturing value for byproducts, and more.

Food 97

Food Supply Chain Processing Poultry 97

Agwired

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) announced the election of Brian Duncan, a grain and livestock farmer from Polo, Ogle County, as the organization’s 16th president, and Evan Hultine, a grain farmer from Princeton, Bureau County, as vice president. The Golden Plow is the highest honor the organization gives to sitting members of Congress.

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Plowing Ruralism Agriculture Agriculture 45

Agwired

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Join the Livestock Publications Council for the February Coffee and Collaboration on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 10 a.m. Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) announced the construction of a pea protein isolate production plant dedicated to its Plant Proteins business, at the site of its existing industrial complex in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Biofuel Acre Agriculture Agriculture 45

Trimble Agriculture

MAY 17, 2023

– Farmers, ranchers, rural landowners, farm real estate investors, and recreation and timber landowners. A strong farm business plan should include a description of the farming operation, including the type of crops or livestock, the size of the farm, and the markets served. Who Can Apply?

Farming 52

Farming Farming Real Estate Processing 52

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 14, 2023

Photo credit: USDA Editor’s Note: This guest post by Michael Happ, Program Associate for Climate and Rural Communities at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, (IATP), discusses how popular conservation programs should focus on small-scale and sustainable farms, not industrial-scale farms.

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Manure Agriculture Agriculture Ruralism 52

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Such deals exploded in popularity over the last decade as agricultural producers sought to stave off big-box stores, self-storage complexes, and residential construction, all of which already consume millions of acres of fertile open space. Now those wells have water—it’s music to my ears—they can haul water for their livestock.”

Water Rights 139

Water Rights Acre Farming Farming 139

Civil Eats

JULY 12, 2023

The White House did not respond to questions about Biden’s decision to continue to exclude workers at small dairy, poultry, and livestock operations from OSHA protections. Meanwhile, isolated behind barn walls in rural areas, animal-ag workers are not organized and have no such advocates to counter the tide.

Farming 98

Farming Farming Animal Agriculture Agriculture 98

Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Share Tweet This Story’s Impact 152 MILLION UNIQUE BROWSERS WORLDWIDE High Country News This article is part of FERN’s series Livestock and Rural Communities /.slide-intro By Chris Collins , February 13, 2020 Here are the rural residents who sued the world’s largest hog producer over waste and odors – and won.

Farming 133

Farming Farming Ruralism Livestock 133

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Sheep production in the United States makes up less than 1 percent of the nation’s livestock industry. Photo credit: Raksha Vasudevan) The livestock industry argues the targeted closure of Superior, which processes up to 20 percent of U.S. Others may not even notice lamb’s disappearance from supermarket shelves.

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Processing Livestock Farming Farming 144

Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Share Tweet This Story’s Impact 152 MILLION UNIQUE BROWSERS WORLDWIDE High Country News This article is part of FERN’s series Livestock and Rural Communities /.slide-intro By Chris Collins , February 13, 2020 Here are the rural residents who sued the world’s largest hog producer over waste and odors – and won.

Farming 98

Farming Farming Ruralism Livestock 98

Civil Eats

MARCH 21, 2025

Brittenburg grows organic vegetables and raises livestock across 200 acres, and he needs help to shake off the winter and get things moving again. Most of those workers were on H-2B visas, which cover some food-system jobs but primarily focus on other kinds of work, including landscaping and construction.

Farming 141

Farming Farming Processing Acre 141