Food Tank

MAY 3, 2024

Iowa is the number-one pork producer in the United States, but it has relatively few hog farms. Large factory farm facilities have replaced smaller family farms. The state lost nearly 90 percent of its hog farms from 1982 to 2017, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Census data.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Upon leaving her family farm to study agriculture at Stanford, she took up a work-study program investigating the economic viability of grass-fed beef. “It Driving the I-5 between LA and San Francisco, I was like, ‘Oh, this is what people think cattle ranching is.’” The market for grass-fed beef continues to grow.

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Food Tank

JULY 19, 2024

Today, 22-year-old Roberts is enlisted with the Nebraska Army National Guard while working as a fifth-generation farmer with his parents at Roberts Family Farm in Southwest Iowa. The family’s farm serves as a model for how smaller-scale, humane hog farming can be both environmentally and economically sustainable.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The McClearys raised pigs for generations, but they were forced to get out of the hog business—like many of their neighbors—during the hog market crash of 1998. In 2016, they began working with Niman Ranch, a network of over 600 small to mid-sized, independent U.S. Most people wake up, eat, and eat.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Today, he’s a sixth-generation pig farmer partnering with Niman Ranch. By his senior year, Williams was trying to figure out how to return home and take over the family farm. The best thing about Niman Ranch is how transparent they are. Now, he enjoys a healthy balance of time between farming and his young family. “It’s

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Food Tank

JANUARY 5, 2024

While this was common practice in the 1970s and 80s, the hog market consolidation and high land prices mean it’s no longer financially feasible for independent farmers to raise hogs and sell on the open market, and it’s extremely rare to see hogs outside of a confinement environment, the Boors say.

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Trimble Agriculture

OCTOBER 30, 2024

agriculture is a hot one, but it’s primarily discussed at the farm and processing level. Both are critical topics, as monopolies in the meatpacking industry or the disappearing American family farm have significant impacts on the present and future of our food system. The topic of consolidation in U.S.

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RR2CS

APRIL 18, 2022

Rod and Beth Vergouwen’s agricultural roots in Strathmore stem back to the early 1900s when Beth’s great-grandfather emigrated from Illinois with the vision to farm and ranch in southern Alberta. It’s truly a family business,” says Graydon. It increases nutrient transference and cuts back on our synthetic inputs.”

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Wahls partner with Niman Ranch, a network of more than 600 small and mid-size farmers and ranchers across the United States. Niman Ranch farmers and ranchers adhere to high standards of sustainable and humane farming practices, and in exchange, they receive a guaranteed market for their product and access to a network of resources.

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UnderstandingAg

DECEMBER 31, 2024

In the following discussion, I would like to share some thoughts on how to add net profit into a grazing operation, as well as share my own experiences reducing hay inputs with the grass-finished beef herd that roams across our northern Michigan family farm. We have also seen an increase in plant diversity with increased rest periods.

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Trimble Agriculture

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

It was in this role that her passion for supporting the agricultural community truly took root, as she realized how much was required of producers outside of their day-to-day farming and ranching responsibilities. Staying up to date with the market on commodities across the board is paramount. for generations to come.” “At

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Food Tank

JULY 14, 2023

Steven and Alaina Imhoff knew they wanted to expand their hog farming at Triple Creek Farms in southeast Iowa. In 2019, they connected with Niman Ranch, which is a network of more than 600 small and mid-size farmers and ranchers across the United States. Right now, Steven and Alaina both work off-farm jobs.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 14, 2025

Farm advocates, often farmers themselves, help their neighbors navigate codes and regulationspertaining to things like zoning, food safety, and property rightsthat can save their operations. Bunting, now 79, runs a family farm with his son in Oak City, North Carolina, where he once raised poultry and hogs and now grows hemp and corn.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 24, 2023

Two organizations want to put an end to the wild west of claims and prove, through certification, that food labeled regenerative is genuinely the gold standard of sustainability and not just another marketing buzzword. Her family farm has been organic certified since 2006, but it only adopted the ROC standards in June 2022.

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Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

Beyond Loleta, Jersey Scoops’ rainbow-labeled pints are making waves at local farmers’ markets, stores, and restaurants. The PCC DBII is one of four such initiatives across the country, funded by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service. With family dairies drying up in droves—the U.S.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

Recently, they’ve started selling their products virtually, on a consolidated market site. Initially, the plan was to rotate other responsibilities such as marketing and social media among the participating farms. The self-proclaimed Northeastern Online Farmers’ Market offers local products from more than 25 farms.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Market Trends : Analyzing general market data helps farmers select crops that will yield the best pricing, making their planting more strategic and profitable. Monitor Livestock: Many ranches utilize livestock RFID tags to track their herd movements and easily scan and understand their health and wellness.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

By Trina Moyles Tim Wray grew up on his family’s cattle ranch in Irricana, a small town located 50 kilometres northeast of Calgary in southern Alberta. The dugouts remained low throughout most of the summer, not only on their family farm, but on the majority of farms in southern and central Alberta.

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Agribusiness Blog

JULY 27, 2021

President Biden’s American Families Plan proposes a new transfer tax on farm and ranch families. Step-up in basis remains, however, families will now face a burdensome transfer tax during lifetime or at death. This so-called protection may simply accelerate the liquidation of the family farm or ranch.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In the months before Patrick Brown was born in November 1982, his father, Arthur, lay down on a road near the familys farm to prevent a caravan of yellow dump trucks from depositing toxic soil in his community. Patrick currently operates Brown Family Farms on the land that Byron worked as a sharecropper once he was freed.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 30, 2023

I just returned from one of my favorite events, the Niman Ranch Hog Farmer Appreciation Celebration in Des Moines, Iowa, at which Food Tank is honored to co-host an Educational Summit. In exchange, the farmers receive a guaranteed market for their products and an invaluable support system. According to the U.S.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 24, 2024

Whether our crops come to harvest or our livestock make it to market is directly tied to the cycles of nature that we try our best to work within. As a fifth-generation farmer, Rick knew he had to make a change to ensure the family farm’s future. As farmers, we are concerned. Each year, we lose 4.6

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

By: Brian Dougherty Understanding Ag, LLC I recently attended a Ranching for Profit (RFP) school where one of the instructors asked a very simple but thought-provoking question: Do you control your business, or does your business control you? That got me ruminating about who is really in the drivers seat on a typical farm or ranch business.

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Caff

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Currently, our programming is focused in four areas: Farm to Market, Policy & Advocacy, Farmer Services, and Ecological Farming. Position Summary The Farm to Market Team at CAFF supports farmers and buyers across the state to facilitate sales relationships and increase capacity to access and serve markets.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

For Joseph Goni, a fourth-generation dairy farmer in Tulare County, California, the region’s historic floods were part of family lore. But the epic flooding this past March was simply unprecedented, says the owner of Lerda-Goni Farms. Despite the resilience of family [farms], the mega-trend is undeniable,” says Raudabaugh.

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NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

Georgia Wildlife Federation Ginkgo Bioworks Golden Sands Resource Conservation & Development Council , Inc.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The 10-acre farm outside Hamilton, Montana is run by Noah Jackson and Mary Bricker, who dedicate four irrigated acres of pasture to their laying hens. Customers who buy their eggs at the farmer’s market in downtown Hamilton or who swing through their farm store can pick up a carton with a very simple design. Noah & Mary.”

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

AUGUST 12, 2024

Taylor is majoring in Agricultural Business with a minor in Marketing at West Texas A&M University with an expected graduation in May 2025. As a member of a local Colorado family farm herself, Emma already had some first-hand experience with owning and operating an ag business at Bohnen Farms Inc.,

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Visitors to the rural area will notice that cattle ranches dominate the landscape, once covered by Amazonian forests. A typical farm in the foothills of the Amazon in southern Caquetá. As one gets closer to the Quimbayo Gutiérrez family farm, the landscape begins to change. Agroforestry systems on the Amazonian Farms.

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Caff

JANUARY 27, 2021

Awards will be bestowed during the conclusion of the California Small Farm Conference on February 28, a free event featuring keynote speaker, Nikki Silvestri. LEGACY FARMER Will Scott, Scott Family Farms Will Scott Jr. started farming as a form of self-transformation and restoration.

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

USPOULTRY will host its annual Poultry Market Intelligence Forum at the 2025 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Ga. Nominees may be persons who are currently active or those who have moved on to other endeavors. The award is open to persons in sales, circulation, production and editorial. on Wednesday, Jan.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

This is a major loss, as the ARA proposed retargeting two-thirds of this carveout towards sustainable grazing practices, which have been shown to help mitigate climate change and build increased resilience to drought and floods on farms and ranches around the nation.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 16, 2024

Family farms are the backbone of our food system. More than 90 percent of farms—about 500 million—are run either by individual or family labor! billion people worldwide are involved in family farming, and these operations produce more than 80 percent of the world’s food value, according to U.N. More than 1.5

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Food Tank

JUNE 28, 2024

It changes what your vision of a family farm is and how you have to go about getting there.” Between 1935 and 2023, the number of farms in the U.S. decreased by 72 percent, while the average farm size nearly tripled. Independent family farms are the bedrock of healthy rural economies,” says Treakle.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 31, 2024

As CEO, one of his first actions was to send an employee on a quest: Find the “most regenerative” ranch, he instructed. Do not bring me a small ranch,” he said. The September Montana ranch tour and presentation. cattle is primarily sold regionally at farmers’ markets, through meat shares, and in restaurants.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In the book, we meet Brandon Kaufman, a Kansas farmer who, after generations of family farming, plans “to get a divorce from wheat” to focus on perennials as a way to nurture the soil and the vital underground network of insects and microorganisms within it. Does the author ultimately take on the family farm?

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Made up of more than 7,700 members, the organization advocates for better policies, promotes climate-smart agriculture, and supports market access for their members. They also foster unity among farmers and collaborate with partners to enhance production and marketing opportunities.

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