POLICY
State authorities have charged the owner of a dairy farm in central New York where a 14-year-old was killed last year, crushed under a hydraulic lift.
Survey finds common ground for farmer conversations about food.
Dairy farmers say they’re fed up with the posturing of presidential candidates who don’t understand the importance of immigrant labor to milk producers.
If one lawmaker has his way, Louisianians will learn to trust local farmers to milk cows and sell the product “raw.”
Police are investigating a shooting that has left three people dead at the 41st annual Gilroy Garlic Festival, including a 6-year-old boy.
There is nothing in President Barack Obama’s recently announced package of executive actions on immigration that directly reassures farmers and ranchers they’ll have efficient access to foreign-born labor.
A 1987 handbook published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s division of Agricultural Marketing Service received a 21st-century update thanks to a team led by University of Florida researchers.
By April and May, the logistics of transporting fresh fruit and vegetables will be in jeopardy from the COVID-19 pandemic more than the production of fresh produce, according to the United Nations.
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says farmers have been “tremendously patient” about rail delays, “but that patience is wearing thin.”
Vermont officials, including the three members of the state’s congressional delegation, said Monday they are asking federal authorities to clarify their immigration priorities following the arrests last week of three advocates for farmworkers.
As President Donald Trump touts job creation for Americans as a top priority, his son’s Virginia winery is seeking permission to hire foreign workers to cultivate its grapes.
Investigators have linked three large fish kills this month to livestock manure that had been spread on farm fields in northwestern Ohio, and now they’re looking into whether any laws were broken.
Officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture say farmers in Vermont are making better-than-expected progress in reducing the amount of phosphorus flowing into two of four “priority” parts of Lake Champlain.
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) is urging President Trump to “exercise caution” as he rolls out new rules and restrictions when it comes to doing business with Cuba.
NEW YORK — Some of the state’s fresh produce industry leaders say the proposed New York Farm Laborer Fair Labor Practices Act will hurt the agricultural industry, but they are relieved for a bit of compromise.
For produce and agricultural interests, the votes are not assured and the jury is out on the proposed tax reform plan from Congressional Republicans.
Effective July 1, herds larger than the trigger levels will be required to have 180 days of manure storage, up from the current 120-day limit.
The program has gained widespread support from key organizations, including Elanco, the U.S. Dairy Export Council, the Center for Advanced Energy Studies/Idaho National Laboratory, USDA, the World Wildlife Fund, MilkPEP and the Dairy Research Institute.
California’s water problems are more than a fish-versus-people struggle or the fall-out from weather-related drought.
Groups tell Congress that historically tight supplies of grains and oilseeds make program change imperative.
If seasonally calved and housed outside year round, HoJos will produce 6% fewer greenhouse gases.
Oregon has adopted what some say are the strictest toxic water pollution standards in the United States.
Western United Dairymen wants leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees to support funding for the USDA Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).
Digesters create renewable energy, better manage manure, produce a steady supply bedding, and lessen their dairy’s environmental footprint by reducing air emissions and odor.
Rail strikes ran headlines in late 2022 and came to an end in December when Congress passed an agreement. But there may be another strike looming in the transportation sector unless the Biden administration changes pace.
Republicans and Democrats are under pressure to deliver meaningful immigration reform.
The government is trying to tell farmers and ranchers that it knows what’s best for your children.
See how President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney answered the American Farm Bureau Federation’s farming questionnaire.
The adoption of federal legislation known as MAP-21 exempts the equipment and its operators from some Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
The agreement provides certain exemptions for farmers in one state who cross into the other while delivering agricultural goods.