National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

SLMEA would give USDA the tools to reinvest in and strengthen local economies and expand USDA’s options beyond the largest corporate meatpackers as it procures poultry and meat products for a variety of food assistance programs.

Ruralism 71

Ruralism Agriculture Agriculture Poultry 71

Agwired

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Livestock Publications Council (LPC) annually inducts one of its distinguished leaders into the Hall of Fame. USPOULTRY will host its annual Poultry Market Intelligence Forum at the 2025 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Ga. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Air Quality Task Force (AAQTF).

Logistics 45

Logistics Cattle Manure Poultry 45

Civil Eats

APRIL 29, 2024

He plants nitrogen-rich legumes and other perennial cover crops amongst his pear, apple, plum, peach, and cherry trees, but he buys a commercial compost product to keep his 100-acre, fourth-generation family farm thriving. Ela knows first-hand how central compost is to his organic farm—and all organic agriculture.

Compost 141

Compost Manufacturing Food Production 141

Caff

JANUARY 25, 2023

Climate Smart Farmers of Year: Foggy Bottoms Boys For six generations, this family farm has operated in the foggy bottoms of the Eel River Valley on the far northern coast of California. This duo is bringing new regenerative practices to their farm, while improving upon time-tested traditions.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Food Marketing 52

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

The FFNSA maintains the existing carveout that ensures livestock producers will receive 50% of total EQIP funding during the life of the farm bill. This long standing setaside has led to significant portions of EQIP spending going towards infrastructure practices of questionable environmental value.

Farming 85

Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 85

ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A core belief for Michael and Bean Hollow Grassfed Farm is having and encouraging a healthy ecosystem where farm and land management reinforce natural processes because a farm cannot be healthy if the land is sick. Sheep and cattle are their primary livestock, but they also have layers for eggs.

Cattle 69

Cattle Pasture Poultry Family Farming 69

Agwired

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association , the oldest and largest livestock association in the Southwest, announced the TSCRA Leadership Development Foundation, a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to develop future land and livestock stewards and leaders. Sponsored by the U.S.

Poultry 45

Poultry Animal Agriculture Processing Food 45

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Excessive proposed cost-share payments for livestock feed management. Creates a 10% set-aside of EQIP funds for payments for practices implemented on small farms. Retargeting two-thirds of the 50 percent EQIP set-aside for livestock practices towards advanced grazing management. No language to prevent payment limitation abuse.

Ruralism 110

Ruralism Food Farming Farming 110

Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Brazil’s national requirement that 30 percent of school food ingredients be sourced from local and regional family farms helps empower and fund women agroecological producers. Meanwhile, in the U.S.,

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Forage 145

NASDA

JANUARY 16, 2025

Rollins has been engaged in American agriculture since an early age, baling hay and raising livestock in Glen Rose, Texas. Rollins spent summers working on her familys farm in Minnesota and participated in all levels of 4-H and FFA.

Grain 147

Grain Seeding Ruralism Poultry 147

Agwired

MARCH 10, 2025

Troy Sander , a Kansas cattle producer and president of the Kansas Livestock Association, appeared before the House Agriculture Committee urging policymakers to pass a Farm Bill, pass tax legislation to protect family farms and ranches, and strengthen policies that protect our food security. MBK Farms in Colcord, Okla.,

Poultry 45

Poultry Cattle Family Farming Processing 45

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

After a ramp-up period, Fetterman’s legislation would require the USDA to purchase at least 20 percent of its meat and poultry from small and mid-sized processors and to prioritize contracts with regional producers, socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and companies that have fair labor agreements in place.

Food 145

Food Supply Chain Greenhouse Poultry 145

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

At the same time, the US is losing small and mid sized family farms at a rapidly increasing rate. The effects of climate change on farmers are becoming ever more apparent.

Farming 110

Farming Farming Agriculture Agriculture 110

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 12111) YELLOW FLAGS Limited support for small to medium meat and poultry processors but with accessibility concerns. 12113).

Food 40

Food Farming Farming Farmland 40

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

“I stood a chance of losing my livestock,” Johnson wrote in a 1999 affidavit to receive part of a $2.3 Johnson, 81, who lives near Lexington, Mississippi, was among thousands deemed to not qualify for settlement money, his family said. walks among the cattle on his family farm near Lexington, Mississippi, on Nov.

Cattle 109

Cattle Family Farming Farming Farming 109

The Lunatic Farmer

DECEMBER 30, 2024

I just had a reach out from a guy planning to put pastured poultry on his family farm that currently raises cows and pigs but "mom" is concerned the chickens will invite bird flu which will then infect the pigs and cows. Here's a young wanna-be farmer stymied by parental paranoia regarding bird flu. That was 20 years ago.

Mechanics 135

Mechanics Pasture Poultry Family Farming 135

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

. “Medicaid and the [ACA] Marketplace are important sources of health insurance coverage in farm states for farmers and their families, rural residents, and others.” Farmers there primarily raise poultry and cattle and plant row crops. Despite that, voters there have been represented in Washington, D.C.

Ruralism 144

Ruralism Food Farming Farming 144