AgriLife Today

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Texas A&M AgriLife Research seeks to fill gaps in veterinary service In communities throughout Texas, the veterinarian serves as the cog of livestock and animal care, yet many rural areas are experiencing a historical lack of veterinary service.

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Rural Routes to Climate Solutions (RR2CS) is an Alberta-based initiative shining a spotlight on the climate solutions that farmers, ranchers and communities in rural Alberta can benefit from. You’re a delight to speak with, thoughtful, flexible, and passionate about empowering rural communities.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

times more likely to die by suicide than the general population, according to the National Rural Health Association.Research from South Dakota State University , the University of Nevada, Reno , University of Georgia , and more have found that farmers experience significantly higher stress levels than the general population.

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Food Tank

JULY 28, 2023

A Wisconsin farmer put it simply: “Health care and childcare for farm/ranch families should be a national priority if we want to keep farming as a professional industry in our country.” We’re also seeing promising progress in Farm Bill negotiations surrounding rural childcare. The bill was introduced by U.S. food policy.

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AgriLife Today

JANUARY 26, 2024

Read More → The post Statewide workshops to connect new rural landowners with natural resource personnel appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Climate Central, a nonadvocacy science and news group. Most activities associated with farming, ranching, and forestry can be exempted from the Clean Water Act if the operator obtains a permit to pollute. About 15% of the U.S.

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RR2CS

APRIL 21, 2022

Cattle ranching on the Blood Reserve can be a very rewarding experience and endeavour, however, it does come with challenges in today’s changing times. The post EP48 Ranching at Kainai appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. The post EP48 Ranching at Kainai appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions.

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Daily Yonder

AUGUST 2, 2023

While the same demands have not been made of Colorado, the risk of potential water cuts there has become a flashpoint in rural-urban tensions over water use in the state. That could permanently dry up some western Colorado farms and ranches. “The future of agriculture is the future of rural portions of these seven basin states.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Rural Response Hotline : 1-800-464-0258. Haskins is the behavioral health lead at AgriSafe , an agricultural health care network formed by rural nurses in 2003. I think that part of the mental health issues in rural communities, especially with farmers and ranchers, can come from physical pain.

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NASDA

JANUARY 22, 2024

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.

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Trimble Agriculture

OCTOBER 30, 2024

While it increased reach for ag financial institutions, it also reduced the number of local and regional banks in Rural America as many that offered agricultural lending options were absorbed by larger financial institutions. Number of U.S.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

His is the last ranch before the Bear River—the longest river in North America that does not empty into an ocean—flows into the Great Salt Lake. Ferry must now not only think of his ranch, but his neighbors, and their neighbors, and everyone else in the state, not to mention fish and wildlife that rely on rivers, lakes, and streams.

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Food Tank

JULY 19, 2024

Roberts’ family was “looking for a way out of the rat race of commodity farming” around the turn of the century, and his father learned about an alternative market for their hogs: Niman Ranch. Roberts says that joining Niman Ranch allowed the family to continue farming. I grew up eating Niman Ranch pork every day for lunch and dinner.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 14, 2025

It was by a stroke of luck that Alvarado learned about North Carolina-based Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI), a nonprofit which helps farmers in tough situations free of charge. Well, Ive got nothing else to lose, Alvarado recalls thinking.

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Caff

JUNE 16, 2022

Due to the farm being in a more rural and remote area, it took about four days from when the fire initially started to when there was a firefighter presence near their farm. The farmers and firefighters worked tirelessly for those weeks and in the end Brisa Ranch was able to save most of their main building infrastructure, tools, and crops.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Being a naive kid, living in rural America…you get burned out on a community that you know everybody in and you don’t take it for what it is. Today, he’s a sixth-generation pig farmer partnering with Niman Ranch. The best thing about Niman Ranch is how transparent they are. Now, I realize how cool that is,” says Williams.

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RR2CS

JULY 5, 2023

Location: Irricana Agricultural Society Recreation Centre and Wray Ranch (directions provided after registration) When: August 17 ,th 9AM – 4PM Presenters: Rob Dunn – agricultural research scientist Tim Wray – owner/operator, Wray Ranch Melissa Werkema – owner, Future Analytics Inc.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 18, 2024

They spend each day at a different farm, ranch, or cultural learning program area throughout rural Kohala with various organizations. Three years ago, the program started with only two students; now there are 12. At each location, they have plots with different varieties of kalo. Students tend to their kalo crop.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2023

The state’s rural suicide rate is growing faster than in urban counties, increasing 78% between 2003 and 2017. With a four-year grant commitment from the MFA Foundation, University of Missouri Extension will have new avenues to support rural communities in need of mental health assistance.

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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. Santana Diaz, Executive Chef, U.C. Davis Med Center. herding around 50 heads.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Carly, pursuing her veterinary technician license, manages the cattle books, helps with feeding and doctoring, and plays an integral role on the ranch. He is also the president of the Plains Ground Water Management District, focusing on rural water conservation. He and his wife, Taren, are raising their three children in Burlington.

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Bureau for Labor Statistics, the farming, fishing and ranching sector had the highest rate of injury and fatality in 2022 and ranks as one the most dangerous occupations. “We On-farm jobs in the agriculture industry can be dangerous, especially those that require operating heavy equipment. According to the U.S. territories.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As general manager of high animal welfare meat brand Niman Ranch , which today works with a community of 500 plus Certified Humane® crate-free hog farmers, Prop 12 is a positive development. Photo courtesy of Niman Ranch The post Op-Ed | California Crate-Free Law Offers Hog Farmers Economic Opportunity appeared first on Food Tank.

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Daily Yonder

JUNE 30, 2023

The chasm between rural ranchers and urban voters seems to have plunged deeper than ever before, but beneath the headlines you’ll find people trying to adapt to make things work. Where, on Moriah Ranch near Coalmont, Marcy Gruber puts in the extra effort to nurture her dogs’ instincts to protect livestock instead of hunting it.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The governor of North Carolina had authorized the dumping of the soil, contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, which had been linked to cancer, in the rural county. In the rural Hecks Grove communityless than a mile from where Robert E. At 6 feet, 1 inch, he has large round eyes and a dark beard peppered with gray.

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Daily Yonder

MARCH 4, 2024

Finding adequate, affordable health insurance can be a huge challenge for people who run small, family farms or ranches, said Alana Knudson, director of the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis. The rural areas they live in suffer from shortages of doctors and hospitals. “I’m The quality of rural care can be low.

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UnderstandingAg

MARCH 31, 2025

In addition to the proven ecological benefits of regenerative and adaptive grazing principles, the systematic implementation of these principles also provides healthier, nutrient-dense food, more profitable farms and ranches, increased biodiversity and more prosperous rural communities.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 20, 2024

Mickey Steward has worked hard to rehabilitate her ranch. You can’t buy a good ranch,” Steward jokes. You have to buy a ranch that, for whatever reason, has gotten rundown.” She and her husband started ranching in their late 20s, and they’ve been at it for more than 40 years now. “We But then, she’s had to.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Investing in organic research provides farmers, both certified organic and non-certified, with innovative solutions and practical tools that enhance profitability, mitigate financial and ecological risks, and foster economic growth and social well-being in rural communities. Positive signs are on the horizon.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

The state’s rural suicide rate is growing faster than in urban counties, increasing 78% between 2003 and 2017. With a four-year grant commitment from the MFA Foun- dation, University of Missouri Extension will have new avenues to support rural communities in need of mental health assistance.

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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. He’s hopeful that their lessons learned will help to shape how they ranch over the next five years. We hadn’t had a significant rain event since July of 2020,” says Tim. ‘A

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RR2CS

JULY 4, 2023

Justin Dorey of Irish Creek Bison and Avery Shepherd of Sunset Bison Ranch and the Saskatchewan Bison Association will provide expertise based on their experience and share their insights on the role poly-cropping can play in regenerative agriculture. We recommend listening to our latest podcast on Covercrops. of Register Today.

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AgriLife Today

MAY 9, 2024

Rural homeowners need to test water wells before using The post Recovery resources available for Texas livestock producers, individuals affected by floods appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Agwired

MARCH 22, 2024

This is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate how technologically advanced farms and ranches are today, as well as emphasize why the needs of rural America must be at the forefront of the policies lawmakers support.” Blades spoke about the event during the National Ag Day celebration this week in Washington DC.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduced the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024, S.5335 5335 , sharing a detailed vision for keeping farmers farming, families fed, and rural communities strong. (November 25, 2024) On Monday, November 18th, U.S.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 20, 2024

On family ranches, taking care of the soil is crucial for producing high-quality wool. These ranches not only produce great wool but also create jobs and support local businesses. Local fiber systems are being revitalized, supporting rural economies by providing stable employment opportunities. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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RR2CS

APRIL 4, 2023

Welcome back to the Rural Routes to Climate Solutions podcast’s Getting Through Drought series, which looks at the best management practices cow-calf producers in Alberta can use to build up the resiliency of their ranch against drought. Highlights: 3:18 – Mark and Blusette share their experiences ranching at B-C Ranch.

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