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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, January 18, 2025
Two more equipment companies have inked right-to-repair memorandums of understanding with the American Farm Bureau Federation, bringing about 70% of the ag equipment sold in the U.S. under the same umbrella of agreement.
The nation’s largest farm group is throwing its weight behind a petition the National Milk Producers filed with USDA to reform federal milk marketing orders.
Farm groups are calling for Agriculture Department loan program payment rates to be increased in the upcoming farm bill, while agency officials look at other ways to make the programs more accessible and flexible for producers.
Industry analysts say consumers should not expect egg prices to return to lower levels due to the sustained impact of the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak, which is proving worse than the one experienced in 2014-15.
College students interested in agriculture will be able to take advantage of a new partnership between a pair of key organizations interested in developing future leadership for the industry.
Hundreds of agricultural organizations – including one that had stopped short of supporting a previous compromise – are pressing Senate leaders to make time for legislation that would address farm labor before adjourning for the year.
San Luis Obispo County has been restricting new groundwater wells in the Paso Robles subbasin for nearly a decade. Now county supervisors are hoping to tack on a carbon sequestration mandate.
Consumers will need to dig a bit deeper into their pocketbooks to pay for classic Thanksgiving food items this year, according to the American Farm Bureau’s 37th annual marketplace survey.
