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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, November 28, 2024
When House and Senate conferees meet today to hammer out a new farm bill, one urgent request comes from 306 organizations seeking $60 million a year in “permanent funding for the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP).”
As an aging American population struggles to maintain and lower cholesterol levels and U.S. farmers work to maintain or improve soil health, oats have the attention of scientists, farmers, and consumers.
Investment and sales of farm robots continue apace, despite a painful shortage of skilled workers to operate them and need for improved rural internet service.
Agricultural producer sentiment rose slightly last month after a big dip in July, according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer reading.
USDA today forecast net farm income for this year at $65.7 billion, up from a February projection but down $9.8 billion, or 13 percent, from 2017, when the broad measure of farmland profits increased nearly 23 percent.
In a celebration of inclusion, Land O’Lakes pooled the talents of Grammy-winning songwriter Liz Rose and singer Maggie Rose to update a classic nursery rhyme tune.