American Farmland

AUGUST 6, 2024

The post American Farmland Trust Releases Bi-Lingual Land Transfer Training Curriculum: A Toolkit to Support Farm and Ranch Transfers appeared first on American Farmland Trust.

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

. – Members of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture adopted policy today at NASDA’s Winter Policy Conference to increase advocacy for farm safety and minimize injury to those who work in the agriculture industry. The new policy marks the first policy dedicated specifically to farm safety. According to the U.S.

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American Farmland

AUGUST 5, 2024

Considering all of this, Bobbi, owner of Rockin’ Bar B Ranch realized that she could add a less volatile income stream to her farm by tapping into the blossoming sector of agritourism, transforming her land into something that could also be used for recreation.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 27, 2024

By the early 20 th century, decades of timber-cutting and overgrazing had left the ranching region in southern states barren, its nutrient-rich native grasses replaced by a motley assortment of plants that made poor forage. Farm supply stores often don’t even stock friendly fescue seed, as it’s less shelf stable.

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NASDA

JANUARY 22, 2024

They include the 2024 Farm Bill , food safety , labor reform , pesticide regulation and PFAS. Labor Reform Farmers and ranchers need a legal, reliable guest worker program that provides a workforce that supports farms and ranches and treats workers respectfully. territories.

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AgriLife Today

JULY 12, 2024

Equine economics, joint health and renowned horse trainer on the agenda The post Ranch Horse Program on Aug. 4 kicks off annual Beef Cattle Short Course in College Station appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Western FarmPress

DECEMBER 5, 2024

From cutting and decorating your Christmas tree to serving your holiday meals, it all starts on farms and ranches.

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AgriLife Today

APRIL 5, 2024

Read More → The post Animal science student finds purpose, community at Texas A&M and on Ranch Horse Team appeared first on AgriLife Today. Gillespie, a sophomore animal science and molecular and cellular biology double major in the Texas.

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Western FarmPress

JANUARY 19, 2024

For the Health of It: Wearables, apps, devices and sensors can save lives on your farm and ranch.

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Western FarmPress

JUNE 21, 2024

For the Health of It: Reducing stress can help you stay productive on the farm and ranch.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 5, 2024

Eric Boor took over his great-grandfather’s nine-acre farm in southern Iowa four years ago. When they first started, many in their family and community doubted that they could successfully farm this way. When they first started, many in their family and community doubted that they could successfully farm this way. “My

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AgriLife Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Texas A&M AgriLife expert explains the importance of keeping forage as a main source of nutrition The post Why forage is the cornerstone of a working ranch horse’s diet appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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NASDA

JANUARY 8, 2025

Department of Agricultures Economic Research Service recently released Americas Farms and Ranches at a Glance , based on the latest Agricultural Resource Management Survey data. farm and ranch diversity, including farm income, operators’ main jobs and farm ownership.

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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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West Texas Livestock

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Opportunities don’t just disappear; they shift, and sometimes it takes […] The post 6 steps to strengthen your ranch for the new year appeared first on West Texas Livestock Growers. Sure, this past year brought its share of challengeslike the ups and downs of the marketbut there’s always room for hope.

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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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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Because farming is so central to our nation’s identity—and its idea of itself—this future can feel fraught. In 2012, the USDA forecast that most (70 percent) family farms would transfer hands over the next 20 years. Eagle Rock Ranch. The current state of family farms After peaking in 1935, when there were 6.8

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Kody McCleary wants more consumers to understand the work that goes into sustainable and humane pig farming. Pig farmers, they’re there 365 days a year taking care of those animals,” says McCleary, a fourth-generation farmer at McCleary Farms in West-Central Illinois. Today, the majority (75 percent) of U.S.

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NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

We write to express our gratitude for your efforts to advance the 2024 farm bill within your jurisdictions and to seek your continued support for passing this critical legislation before the end of the year. We look forward to working with you to bring a bipartisan 2024 farm bill to fruition. Thank you for considering our request.

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Caff

JANUARY 7, 2025

Every year, our community honors individuals, farms, and businesses who are making a positive difference in California. She founded Nova Farming to empower marginalized communities, connecting people to sustainable farming and food systems while consulting globally in countries like China, Colombia, and Nigeria.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 14, 2025

Their business had been booming in Florida, where they farmed citrus and vegetables. Alvarado hoped they could turn the acreage into a blueberry farm and make a decent profit. He called the number he had been given and soon was connected with a farm advocate named Benny Bunting. But their fresh start quickly turned sour.

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Food Tank

JUNE 28, 2024

In the United States, consolidation throughout the agricultural sector makes it difficult for smaller, independent farms to survive. According to the 2022 Census of Agriculture , large farms comprise only 4 percent of the total number of farms in the U.S. Between 1935 and 2023, the number of farms in the U.S.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

For the Health of It: Here are tips for putting safety first when driving ATVs and UTVs, the new workhorses on the farm and ranch.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Where I Come From: The government is more involved than ever on farms and ranches. Ranchers and analysts weigh in on the good, the bad and the ugly of government payments.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 3, 2023

On this episode, host Shaun Haney tackles the latest of what’s happened this week in ag, including: Economic news and sorting out the rate decisions, New research comparing per-acre returns of ranching and grain farming in Saskatchewan; and, A clip from a Pulse School with Ken. Read More

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 7, 2024

Visitors to Topaz Farm on Sauvie Island just outside of Portland, Oregon last October didn’t encounter a corn maze but rather a kid’s maze cut through a field of sorghum. It’s easier on the soil, explains Kat Topaz, who owns the farm along with Jim Abeles. We call ourselves an ‘experience farm,’” says Topaz.

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Tough Decisions: Farmers and ranchers need to understand new reporting requirements for businesses, including many farms and ranches, under CTA.

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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.’” Carman didn’t intend to stay on the ranch on which she grew up.

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USDA Blog

MARCH 21, 2024

The 1990 Farm Bill created the 2501 Program to support the efforts of organizations like CHPP to provide training and technical assistance to underserved and veteran farmers, ranchers and foresters who seek to own and operate successful farms, ranches and forest lands.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 10, 2025

always knew he wanted to raise his own family on a farm. He has farmed in the Chesapeake Bay watershed since the early 2000s and now works full-time with his son, Matt, growing corn, soybeans, and wheat whilehumanely raising pigs. The number of farms in the U.S. The number of farms in the U.S. Only 4 percent of U.S.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 5, 2023

What the farm or ranch needs in the way of equipment isn’t always what you really want. Equipment comes with a hefty price tag, and it can be hard to pick up the piece of equipment you really want if the business case is a little thin. Whether you are getting the first wheels turning. Read More

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For three generations, Fanny Brewer’s family has been ranching the same land in South Dakota’s Ziebach County. They’d like to use more regenerative ranching practices, including adaptive, multi-paddock grazing, on more land and help prove that those practices are worth investing in. Encompassing part of the 1.4-million-acre

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AgriLife Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Read More → The post Putting the ‘farm’ in solar farm first appeared on AgriLife Today. The post Putting the ‘farm’ in solar farm appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Western FarmPress

DECEMBER 4, 2024

What’s New From the Shows: Better maintain your farm or ranch with these products.

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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. Later, he received financial assistance from Niman Ranch’s grant program as well as U.S.

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Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

Tom Farquhar planted several large plots of beneficial flowers around his vegetable farm in Montgomery County, Maryland. Once a conventional corn and soybean farm, the idea was to control pests at the Certified Naturally Grown operation by increasing the number of beneficial predator insects and spiders. Runoff from U.S.

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Western FarmPress

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Learn about the time and talent invested and how they will be used on the farm or ranch. Texas FFA and 4-H students, ages nine to 18, showcase their agricultural projects at the State Fair of Texas.

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