Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 1, 2023

Farmers Weekly The cost of rural crime in the UK shot up by 22% over the past year as highly organised crime gangs continue to steal livestock, high-value farm machinery and expensive GPS equipment. NFU Mutual’s latest Rural Crime Report (PDF) shows that rural crime cost the UK an estimated £49.5m in 2022, up from £40.5m

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Daily Yonder

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

But recent research from the University of Georgia suggests the unique stresses from farm life may be taking a toll on one of the pillars of the families that make your dinners possible: the women who keep farming families running. “If And one of the big factors in helping farms survive is women.”

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Photo credit: AgriSolar Clearinghouse The recent freeze to federal grants and loans has impacted countless federal programs and simultaneously left rural businesses and farmers in a lurch. Among the most impacted programs has been the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). billion in rural economic development. What is REAP?

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Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Farmers Weekly A renewed focus on tracking devices, sharing of intelligence and partnership with farmers on the ground is helping a rural crime team crack farm machinery theft.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Farm Safety Roundup is a new podcast series designed to promote health and safety culture to farmers, their families, and their workforce by advancing the conversation on prevention as a powerful tool. In this series, you’ll learn strategies to prevent illness and injury, as well as be connected to resources to keep workers safe.

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Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Farmers Weekly Farm and countryside groups have applauded the announcement from prime minister Rishi Sunak that there will be some slowing down of the drive towards achieving “net-zero” carbon emissions by mid-century.

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Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

He was regularly active on the farm, but had […] The post Young farmer campaigns for more rural defibrillators appeared first on Farmers Weekly Sophie says her father was just 54 years old at the time, and appeared outwardly fit and healthy.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Small farms, once the heart and soul of rural America, have been squeezed out by a system that prioritizes economies of scale over community well-being. For generations, small farms were not just places of workthey were centers of life. Rural people understand whats at staketheir heritage, their livelihoods, and their future.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 18, 2025

Host Shaun Haney is joined by: The new Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development, Kody Blois on his priorities in his new role including interprovincial trade barriers, trade diversification, and more; J.P. Gervais with Farm Credit Canada on FCCs 2024 land Read More

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Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Farmers Weekly King Charles has officially opened The MacRobert Farming and Rural Skills Centre at Dumfries House in Ayrshire – a new training base designed to help young people into the farming industry.

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NASDA

APRIL 1, 2025

Letter The undersigned organizations wish to emphasize the necessity for a trade policy that supports the growth of American agricultural production and the prosperity of our farmers, ranchers, growers and rural Americans at this time of economic stress in agriculture. Trade is critical to the livelihood of the U.S. More than 20% of U.S.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Ronald Leimgruber farms 3,500 of those acres. Given the lack of rain in the region, Leimgruber says he has “about seven” different irrigation projects on his farm, where he grows an array of crops, including carrots, lettuce, watermelon, and hay. Farming in the Arid West Illustration by Nhatt Nichols. Field and Robert W.

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Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Farm income from diversification is steadily rising, says Savills’ Rural Tourism and Leisure report. Farmers Weekly Diversification usually allows farmers more control over the prices they charge for goods and services than they have over farmgate values for produce.

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NASDA

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

These vital programs operate in all fifty states and a failure to fund them in a farm bill or farm bill extension in 2024 negatively impacts countless farmers, ranchers, and food system stakeholders. These critical programs support numerous stakeholders across the U.S.

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Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Farmers Weekly NFU Cymru deputy president Abi Reader has said she is “absolutely furious” about Welsh government cuts to the rural affairs budget, claiming agriculture is the “forgotten sector” in Cardiff. Ministers have chosen to fund increases in the NHS and transport budgets with savings from elsewhere, including £37.5m

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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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NASDA

DECEMBER 18, 2024

These measures of support, which include the extension of the current Farm Bill, are an important first step in restoring hope for security and prosperity in beleaguered rural America. NASDA looks forward to working with the incoming 119th Congress to expeditiously pass a new Farm Bill.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Massie runs a grain farm in west-central Saskatchewan alongside her family and draws on her experience at the Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health. Massie runs a grain farm in west-central Saskatchewan alongside her family and draws on her experience at the Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health.

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 3, 2023

Farmers Weekly A new rural crime unit is leading a nationwide and international crackdown against the hordes of thieves plaguing the British countryside. Established in April, the National Rural Crime Unit (NRCU) has been charged with combating rural thieves.

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Food Politics

MAY 7, 2024

Every five years or so, we have to deal with another farm bill. Like the dietary guidelines, also every five years, the farm bill doesn’t really change much. And just so you know where i”m coming from on this, here are my classic thoughts on the matter: “ The farm bill drove me insane. ” So here we go again. Stay tuned.

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 2, 2023

Farmers Weekly Ex SAS soldier Mick Hawkes spent four years breaking into farm complexes under cover in Northern Ireland to combat the IRA. The covert operations mainly involved working against terrorism, looking for hidden devices, weapons and explosives.

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 6, 2023

Farmers Weekly A Scottish government admission that almost 16m trees have been chopped down on public land to make way for wind farms shows current land use policy is generating “perverse” outcomes, NFU Scotland has said.

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Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But what did we learn about food and farming? Labour rural election manifesto to be ‘broad brush’ Labour shadow farming minister Daniel Zeichner has said the rural offering in the party’s manifesto ahead of the next election is going to be “broad brush”.

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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. They want to come out to the farm.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 31, 2025

The word farm was once equated with images of sun-kissed green fields in rural areas. Not only are farms moving closer to urban areas, but theyre also getting creative in how and where they grow produce. Vertical farms take advantage of old buildings and state-of-the-art greenhouses to produce food in a small amount of space.

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

State agriculture officials expressed the need for farm technical assistance resources to support farmers in business management and farm transitions during the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture 2025 Winter Policy Conference. producers , with over one-million farming for 10 years or less. territories.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Unlike much of the United States, where farming slows or halts during winter due to cold temperatures and snow, Florida’s mild climate allows for year-round cultivation. Agritourism Potential : “U-Pick” strawberry farms can be a popular attraction, offering additional revenue through entrance fees and on-site sales.

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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. The report provides an overview of U.S.

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Food Politics

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Farm Action , an organization devoted to stopping corporate agrocultural monopolies and building fair competition in rural America, has issued a short report, Balancing the US Agricuiltural Trade Deficit with Higher Value Food Crops. Its point (you have heard this from me repeatedly): the U.S. Make them happen!

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Farmers Weekly

JULY 14, 2023

Farmers Weekly The Prince’s Countryside Fund, the charity founded by His Majesty King Charles to support family farms and rural communities, has officially become the Royal Countryside Fund.

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Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A new initiative seeks to increase the number of farmers of color through a new freight farm to be placed in rural Minnesota. In February, Route 1 will place its first freight farm in the rural community of Loretto, population 650. It will be the first Black-owned freight farm in Minnesota.

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Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Farmers Weekly The new president of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), Victoria Vyvyan, has vowed to champion the next generation, celebrate the regions and take its Rural Powerhouse campaign to the next level during her two-year tenure.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

For Immediate Release Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition press@sustainableagriculture.net Release: Stabenow Introduces Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act Comprehensive Farm Bill Draft Would Strengthen Support for Farmers and Rural Communities Washington, DC, November 19, 2024 – Yesterday, U.S.

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Global Agtech Initiative

JANUARY 13, 2025

John Deere announced today the release of JDLink Boost, a satellite connectivity solution to ensure customers continue seamless […] The post John Deere revolutionizes rural farm connectivity with JDLink Boost Launch appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Instead, she will return to her roots in rural Nevada. She is one of a dwindling number of veterinarians choosing to enter rural animal practice. full_link TAKE ACTION Let your state representitive know you support the Rural Veterinary Workforce Act. “I’ve always had a deep attachment to veterinary medicine.

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 4, 2023

Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to another edition of This Week in Farming, your Saturday compendium of the best of Farmers Weekly from the past seven days. Here are the five topics that have driven the farming agenda this week and a look ahead to what’s coming up in the FW podcast.

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NASDA

DECEMBER 19, 2024

As you begin a new round of negotiations for a continuing resolution, NASDA asks you to maintain economic aid for farmers, disaster assistance for communities devastated by weather events and a one-year extension of the farm bill. Americas farmers and ranchers are facing an increasingly perilous agricultural economy.

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