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Effort will establish continuous improvement criteria and metrics focused on feed yards.
Several microbreweries in suburban Chicago share grain left over from the brewing process with local farmers, who can use it to feed their animals, instead of throwing it away.
Experts encourage dairy producers to lock in cottonseed needs for high-group rations.
Florida’s Ranch aims to keep the family operation going for generations.
The 236-191 vote today goes beyond Republicans’ pledge to reverse the president’s November orders shielding about 5 million people in the U.S. from deportation.
While many have enjoyed these abnormally warm temperatures in February, it’s sparking fear among fruit farmers.
This mantra has been pounded into the agriculture industry for the past decade: “Food production must double by 2050 to feed the world’s growing population.” Just Google that statement and watch scores of results appear. There’s just one problem – this assertion isn’t supported by the latest data, according to research just published in the journal Bioscience.
Britain’s farmers rely on foreign workers to pick strawberries and raise chickens. Brexit puts that model at risk.
The high temperatures mean fruit trees are waking up early.
If President Donald Trump’s hardline stance on illegal immigration leads to large-scale deportations, among those hurt could be the U.S. economy.
These tips can determine whether your farm flourishes or founders
The labor situation for U.S. agriculture has only worsened in recent years.
After rapid gains from vertical tillage, pH and fertility, the improvement pace slows down.
Across America’s orchards and crop fields, a shrinking supply of migrants has already driven pay up faster than in the broader workforce. President Donald Trump’s immigration policy may turbocharge that trend.
Helping sub-Saharan African farmers modernize the way they raise crops, and doing the same for the continent’s agricultural system as a whole, stands to benefit everyone.
Decline of immigrant labor has spurred agricultural automation.
An Oregon ranch hopes to save 1 billion gallons of water annually.
Farmers wanting to apply for funding through the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Conservation Stewardship Program still have a couple of weeks left to do so – the next application deadline is Feb. 3, 2017.
Officials in Vermont are looking at how to adress farm labor in the state should immigration policies change under the Trump administration.
About 40 years ago Maria “Pilu” Giraudo’s father bagan to notice his soil eroding. He and neighboring farmers tried tirelessly to reverse the damage. After some years and many, many trials and advice he reduced and then stopped tilling, rejuvenating the tired soil. Yesterday, Giraudo received the Kleckner Award, an annual recognition given by Global Farmer Network to a farmer who shows leadership and vision, for her work in promotion of no-till agriculture in Argentina.
On Wednesday, the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology recognized a scientist who builds awareness of biotechnology’s benefits by finding common ground with consumers.
Conservation agriculture is critical for modern farming. With pressures from climate change and the need for sustainability, smallholder farmers and large corporations are implementing new, environmentally friendly farming practices.
Cover crops are perhaps the most buzzworthy component of sustainable agriculture. But how many farmers are actually planting them on their operations?
This week USDA announced a revised rule as part of the Conservation Reserve Program.
As you prepare for what could be a financially challenging year, investing in the people who work on your operation will pay dividends.
A California farmer says Donald Trump’s campaign vow to deport millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally pushed him into buying more equipment, cutting the number of workers he’ll need during the next harvest. Others in California’s farming industry say Trump’s tough campaign talk targeting immigrants in the country illegally, including a vast number of farmworkers, spurred them into action, too.
Erosion is a major problem on many farms – and one with a cascading effect. Not only does it deplete the farm of a valuable resource, it also creates downstream problems due to nutrient runoff. A new study from the University of Missouri shows that switchgrass could be a good option for curbing the negative effects of erosion, and may even prove to bring positive economic returns as a biofuel crop.
The presidential inauguration is a little more than a week away and most of the incoming cabinet has been selected. Confirmation hearing are underway; however, the next head of the USDA is still unclear.
Farm Journal Foundation advocates for modern agriculture’s role in feeding the hungry