Agriculture

Courtesy of the Almond Board of California First time since at least 1995 that total almond acreage dropped two consecutive years. California’s total almond acreage dropped again in 2023, this...

Modern agriculture is built around efficiencies — from how labor is deployed and crop rotations are selected to the technology of targeted spray applications and the use of precision monitoring...

Vermont Business Magazine talks about the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and how it is encouraging agricultural producers and forest landowners in Vermont to...

On April 11, 2023, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law Senate Bill 383 (“SB 383”) which seeks to restrict certain foreign purchasers of land located within the boundaries...

For plants to thrive, they require a magic formula: water plus sunlight plus air plus fertilizer. Many green thumbs forget the last part of that equation. But fertilizers—substances that make...

Eric Sfiligoj and Lara Sowinski discuss a pair of ag lawsuit outcomes, the latest glyphosate vote in Europe, and next year’s VISION Conference preview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UO9e4M5878   GROWMARK Foundation & Builta...

ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMISTS HEAD BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WITH MISSION TO SEVERELY LIMIT ACCESS TO PUBLIC LANDS In April 2023, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a proposed rule change...

Courtesy of the Westlands Water District Westlands Water District (District) has met its ambitious goal of recharging 200,000 acre feet of groundwater and is prepared to capture more.  With water...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) feels like the boogeyman of agriculture — everybody knows about it, some are afraid of it, and we all check under the bed...

From the USDA USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) connects agricultural producers with high-quality and affordable crop insurance sold by approved insurance providers. This includes...