In December 2022, Congress passed a $1.7 trillion spending package for FY23 known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (“CAA”), which included approximately $25 billion in agriculture-related spending. Aside from...
Record-High Crop Insurance Subsidies Are Unsustainable January 27, 2023 The federal crop insurance program is the most expensive program authorized in the farm bill, excluding nutrition spending, and is a...
Island life has its perils. While we no longer have to weather traffic jams and lineups at the gas station, we’ve replaced that with anchoring boats, canoeing through breakers, rock...
The steel mills on the Southeast side of Chicago were once an economic engine that allowed workers to put food on the table for their families. But that financial security...
Farm Fit Training is an online health and fitness program founded and run by Amanda Nigg, also known as @FarmFitMomma. Programs are designed to bridge gap between mental and physical...
If you're thinking of building a pond on your land, the soil has to be able to hold water. You also need a consistent water source to rapidly fill the...
STUDENTS' POV - CURRENT PROBLEMS IN AGRICULTURE Written By a Sophomore at Oklahoma State University Studying Agricultural Communications and Agricultural Business There are many opinions about agriculture. Believe me, as...
By CDFA The 2023 CUSP Drought Relief Technical Assistance and Direct Producer Grant Program is designed to facilitate support for small-and-medium scale California agricultural producers or small-and-medium scale Socially Disadvantaged...
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s statistics, no-till and conservation tillage are on the rise, with more than three-quarters of corn and soybean farmers opting for the practices to...
Photo: Close friend and Kansas farmer enjoys a break. Credit: Chris Higgins Thoughts of a businessman just trying to figure it out, while not messing up. “Isn’t it pretty to...
