Darwin Nissley and other Eastern producers are bracing for higher trucking costs and tighter margins as JBS exits Pennsylvania. Chris Torres, Editor,American Agriculturist June 23, 2026 A worker feeds a group of feeder cattle at Nissley Brothers Farm in Mount Joy, Pa. The farm is directly affected by JBS’ decision to close its Souderton, Pa.,…
Today, the Senate Agriculture Committee released its 2026 Farm Bill text. The bill avoids some of the most harmful provisions included in the House version, including the effort to overturn California’s Proposition 12 and other state protections. But significant concerns remain. The bill fails to adequately invest in local and regional food systems, further weakens…
“Unfortunately, monoculture industrialized agriculture and the world of oil and gas development has turned what I consider my homeland – the open grassland region – into a sacrificial zone for multinational corporate interests.” See June newsletter: https://ranchfoodsdirect.com/…/RFDJune2026Newsltr.pdf
Callicrate note: What JBS does with it’s ill gotten gains from pillaging and plundering U.S. producers and consumers. JBS is also planning where to go when the Ogallala Aquifer is dried up, and other natural resources are gone. Greg Gunthorp comment: “Instead of “feeding the world” maybe it would be more appropriate to say we…
WHAT ON OLD FARMER SAID This is the advice of an old man that has tilled the soil for forty years: I am an old man, upwards of three score years, during two scores of which I have been a tiller of the soil. I cannot say that I am now, but I…
June 1, 2026 For the past half-century, this country’s agricultural policy has been anti-rural. By Gilles Stockton The recent reversal by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on American Prairie’s (AP) permit to graze bison on public land is a narrow administrative ruling on whether the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 allows bison to graze…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 4, 2026Contact NameBritton T. Burdick WASHINGTON — Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) delivered the following opening statement at a full committee hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. Watch the hearing here. [As prepared for delivery.] Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Former Chairman Scott…
OPENING STATEMENTJune 4, 2026 Contact: Allie Herring WASHINGTON, DC — House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee hearing, “For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture.”Remarks as prepared: Good morning, everyone. I would like to welcome you…
By:Kevin Hardy-June 3, 2026 A typical pen format for swine in many Iowa animal feeding operations A confined swine feeding operation is shown in this photo. Congress is once again taking aim at state animal welfare laws regarding livestock confinement. (Photo by Kent Becker/U.S. Geological Survey) Congress is looking to roll back state animal welfare…
Power and control in agriculture: farm data rights, fertilizer pricing, and poultry competition A news briefing from Farm Action’s policy team June 3, 2026 Nebraska stakes out new ground on farm data ownership as other states weigh broader measures What happened: Nebraska’s statehouse in April became the first state to enact a law giving farmers…