Food Tank

JANUARY 10, 2025

In 2016, they began pig farming by joining Niman Ranch, a network of more than 600 small to mid-sized, independent U.S. Niman Ranch members uphold high standards of sustainable and humane farming practices, and they receive a stable, premium market for their pork products. Instead, the Huttons chose a different path.

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AgriLife Today

APRIL 22, 2024

Event offers inside look at production and marketing of beef Registration is open for the Ranch-Raised Beef Conference on May 30-31 in Bryan-College Station, hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Animal Science.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Eagle Rock Ranch. Kennedy has led the charge into the wholesale market after noting a decline in retail store sales and an overall trend downward in milk consumption nationwide. A cattle ranch educates customers Eagle Rock Ranch was founded in 1868 by Louis Holst as a working cattle and hay operation. Eagle Rock Ranch.

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AgriLife Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Continuing education units, market outlooks and grassland management on the agenda The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be offering two days of educational programming events during the Amarillo Farm and Ranch Show. 28-29 at Amarillo Farm and Ranch Show first appeared on AgriLife Today. 28 and Nov.

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American Farmland

AUGUST 5, 2024

Raising cattle can be an uncertain income stream, buffeted by swings in the market, uncertain weather patterns, and ever-rising input costs.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Taos County Economic Development Corporation began accepting applications November 1, 2024, for its Regenerative Ranching Mentorship Program. The program runs March through July 2025 and includes a $550 stipend, a $600 gas card, and 10 hours of free training on topics such as business, marketing, and funding resources.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Through their Conservation Ranching Initiative , the Audubon Society works with ranchers to sustainably steward grasslands. Ranches that meet the Initiative’s standards for conservation are able to sell meat products with the Audubon Society’s bird-friendly seal. according to the Audubon Society.

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Global Agtech Initiative

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

King Ranch Ag & Turf, a provider of John Deere agricultural equipment across Texas, is now part of Sabanto’s elite dealer network. The post Sabanto Forms Collobaration With King Ranch Ag & Turf to Offer Autonomous Tractor Technology appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This round will award a total of $250,000 to small farm, ranch, and food businesses in Wyoming, with a particular focus on local foods producers and value-added food businesses who want to scale up and make necessary changes to sell at Wyoming local foods consignment markets and beyond. ”

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Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Farmstead Forest: Landowners often have wood resources on their farms and ranches that could be an extra income stream if marketed properly.

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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. Friendly fescue hit the market in 2000, developed by Pennington Seed, Inc. The southeastern U.S.,

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Colorado-based farms, ranches, or value-added food businesses may be eligible if they are producing in, sourcing from, and focused on local and regional markets, or serving multiple small- and mid-scale food and farm businesses.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Photo credit: USDA The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has promoted the sale of foods locally for over two decades via business and community investments made by Value-Added Producer Grants , Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Grants , and most recently Regional Food System Partnership grants.

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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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The Lunatic Farmer

MAY 5, 2024

I’m sure Judith McGeary of Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance will again lead the charge to dismember this mandate. The second interesting thing about this little bit of history is how fast the local market responded when the Nazis left. Isn’t that amazing? First, realize that part of the Nazi system was regulating food and farming.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This week’s episode of Voices from the Field is a conversation about Texas A&M University’s Center for Grazinglands and Ranch Management, hosted by NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Darron Gaus. Please complete a  brief survey to let us know your thoughts about the content of this podcast.

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Food Tank

MARCH 7, 2025

Congressman Pete Sessions (TX-17); Cathy Strange , Whole Foods Market; Roy Steiner , Rockefeller Foundation; Rick Simington , Organic Valley; Josh Tickell , Common Ground Film; Josh Tranel , Tranel Family Farm; Jeff Travillion , Travis County Commissioner; Alyssa Vescio , Whole Foods Market; Melva K.

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AgriLife Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

New changes will broaden program reach, provide needed risk management education The post Master Marketer program introduces revised programming model appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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AgriLife Today

OCTOBER 17, 2024

growers The post Texas A&M AgriLife to develop market for high-oil peanuts appeared first on AgriLife Today. Peanut breeders establishing new opportunity to support U.S.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

“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. She witnessed how difficult it was for them to work the ranch alone. The market for grass-fed beef continues to grow.

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Caff

JANUARY 7, 2025

FARMERS MARKET CHAMPION OF THE YEAR: Jaclyn Allen, The Hens Roost Jaclyn Allen is a passionate advocate for farmers markets, sustainable food systems, and the small farm community in Bakersfield. Jaclyns dedication extends beyond the markets through her leadership in the Apple Core Project Inc.,

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AgriLife Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Gene editing, phage technology, crops and livestock among projects supported The post Texas A&M AgriLife faculty earn Advancing Discovery to Market Innovation Awards appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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AgriLife Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

Advances, including Texas french fry variety and nutrition qualities, to be discussed at National Potato Expo in Austin The latest advanced potato clones from the Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program, especially those for the french fry and fresh markets, will be highlighted during the National Potato Expo by Isabel Vales, Ph.D.,

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Global Agtech Initiative

APRIL 27, 2024

Ranch Systems use of Digi XBee-PRO 900HP recognized for innovation excellence in the Precision Agriculture category. The post Ranch Systems Is a Recipient in the 2024 Digi Green Tech Awards appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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AgriLife Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management event assesses market outlook for small and large ruminants The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will present the “Predictions for 2024 Texas Livestock Markets” webinar on Feb. The webinar will focus on state and national trends for cattle, sheep and goat markets.

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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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AgriLife Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

19, 2025 The post Texas dairy producers meeting the needs of a growing market appeared first on AgriLife Today. Texas Crop and Weather Report - Feb.

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Caff

OCTOBER 26, 2022

For this month we’re highlighting a farm that provides their community with a wide range of delicious food, Red Gate Ranch. Q&A Why did you start to ranch/grow food? ” What is one thing you wished you knew before you started ranching/ growing food? ” Where do you see your ranch in 5 years?

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Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

Since taking the helm of the facility’s nutrition and dining services in 2018, he has worked to revamp the cuisine, including sourcing almost half of ingredients from farms and ranches within a 250-mile radius of the Sacramento Valley. system will likely have a resounding impact on the larger beef market in the state. Davis Med Center.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In farming, youve got to pour yourself into it and it becomes your life, says Jake Beeler, a third-generation farmer in Wisconsin who partners with specialty meat company Niman Ranch to market his cattle. Beeler and his family mitigate financial stress by working with Niman Ranch, a network of more than 600 small, independent 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. Laslo Legacy Award from Wheatland County for their exemplary leadership in integrating environmental farm and ranch practices at Valley View Ranch.

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Food Tank

MAY 3, 2024

But when she was setting up The Breakfast Club, Beermann knew that the participants could lose money selling their hogs in the conventional hog market, and the families would not be able to make up the difference. She since partnered with Niman Ranch, which is a network of more than 600 small and mid-size farmers and ranchers across the U.S.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 29, 2023

The Asheville-based initiative seeks to mitigate climate change by helping farmers establish, monitor, and verify carbon sequestration through tactics like agroforestry in the Southern Appalachians, in hopes of creating the country’s first regional carbon market. It’s a potentially lucrative opportunity.

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AgriLife Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Two-day workshop focuses on developing marketing plans The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host a feed grain marketing plan workshop for producers on March 19-20 in Waco. Read More → The post Feed grain marketing workshop set for March 19-20 in Waco appeared first on AgriLife Today. Registration will begin.

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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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AgriLife Today

AUGUST 8, 2023

8, 2023 The Texas timber sector has experienced ebbs and flows of supply and demand and other market forces, but new products and opportunities are adding value to trees, said a Texas A&M Forest Service expert. Read More → The post Texas timber finding added value in new markets appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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AgriLife Today

JUNE 5, 2024

A farmers market are a great resource for seasonal vegetables, fruits and more. Texas A&M AgriLife experts share tips to know before you go.

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