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Modern Farmer
MAY 28, 2024
“Of 400 farms in our county, only five are organic,” says Matt Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Organics in Hutchinson, Minnesota. His 2,500-acre family farm is patchwork across 40 miles of land the family owns and leases, and grows organic corn, soy, wheat and specialty crops such as beans and peas.
Modern Farmer
MARCH 12, 2024
America’s farmers, especially beginning and Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) farmers face insurmountable challenges, yet 87 percent of young farmers are dedicated to regenerative, climate-smart farming practices. I grow small-scale herbs, seeds and nursery starts in my backyard garden and work in the nonprofit agriculture world.
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Agwired
JULY 21, 2023
There’s been a slight reduction in both sales volume and value growth within the ag real estate market. Farmers National Company has released its mid-year land values report with some interesting findings. This year’s event was held at Montana Farmers Union’s Arrowpeak Lodge in Highwood, MT.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
JULY 28, 2023
Background Land access is one of the biggest challenges for young and beginning farmers all across the country – whether small-scale dairy farmers in New England, livestock and grain producers in the Midwest, or specialty crop producers across the South. Today, just 1% of farmers in the United States identify as Black.
Daily Yonder
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
For a long time – until production controls were lifted in the mid-2000s – tobacco was a critical crop for smaller-scale farmers. Even by just raising three or four acres of tobacco, families could make a respectable return that helped their farm’s economic viability. We tended the land, crops, and animals together.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
MAY 10, 2024
improving irrigation efficiency, restoring pasture, cover cropping, or nutrient and pest management). Directs the Secretary to expand the current report on On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials to include any barriers to or best practices for the adoption of new and innovative conservation approaches. 7201, 7202, 7203).
National Young Farmers Coalition
JUNE 26, 2024
As the National Family Farm Coalition points out, “Focusing only on foreign ownership distracts from an overarching trend of rising corporate investment in farmland, largely driven by U.S-based This program has been long authorized but never funded in the farm bill process. (Sec.
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