This week, the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade held two hearings entitled: “Commodity Programs, Credit, and Crop Insurance – Part 1: Producer Perspectives on the...
Decades of industrial agriculture have caused environmental and social damage across the globe. Soils have deteriorated and plant and animal species are disappearing. Landscapes are degraded and small-scale farmers are...
The daughter of a South Dakota cattle rancher, Skya Ducheneaux spent her childhood in the family business on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. She left that lifestyle behind and pursued...
Eric Sfiligoj and Lara Sowinski present video highlights from this week’s CPDA meeting, a new report on rail performance, and John Deere’s electric tractor plans.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYQDPF1hwho Listen to the podcast version...
ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUP AWI UNVEILS GOALS FOR 2023 FARM BILL Animal Rights Group AWI Unveils Goals for 2023 Farm Bill The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) recently released its desired list...
No farm? That’s no problem. The National FFA Organization may have gotten its roots as the Future Farmers of America, but much like agriculture itself, the FFA organization has diversified...
Want to join the growing horticulture industry? Need to freshen up your horticulture knowledge? Do you have employees that would benefit from knowing the why of their day-to-day work? Train...
Photo credit: USDA Last week, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $45 million in funding for 2501 grants, almost $10 million more than was available last year, to help...
Marcy and Geoff Larson firmly believe that necessity is the mother of invention. “We live outside the box, so we think outside the box,” says Geoff of the can-do attitude...
Most of the D.C. lawmakers behind our food and agriculture policy are pragmatists. Every five years, they stick to the same old script, tweak a few programs in small ways...
