By Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor 3/1/2017 “Cover crops are your first step to freedom!” Ray Archuleta makes this declaration all the time and believes it. A 33-year employee for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Archuleta is one of the agency’s leaders in emphasizing soil health. His message: Many modern farming practices are…
Why Do We Farm? Not for Wealth, Prestige, or Power Chas. B. Wing, Farmer, Flower Grower and Seedman of Mechanicsburg, Ohio in Writing to the Farm and Fireside, Contrasts the Peaceful Life of the Farmer to the Turmoil of the City This question really did puzzle me for a long time. I watch men who…
AG: GMA to pay $1.1M in costs, fees in historic campaign finance case FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mar 1 2017 $18M penalty previously awarded, largest in US history OLYMPIA — In a letter opinion, a Thurston County Superior Court judge today ordered the Grocery Manufacturers Association to pay nearly $1.1 million in costs and fees stemming…
Why the White House Worries About Trade Deficits An imbalance imperils economic growth—and could put U.S. national security in jeopardy. By Peter Navarro Updated March 5, 2017 6:21 p.m. ET The then-president-elect speaking at Carrier Corp. in Indianapolis, Dec. 1, 2016. Photo: Bloomberg News Do trade deficits matter? The question is important because America’s trade…
Billings, Mont. – In a joint letter sent today to President Donald J. Trump, several local, state and national cattle trade associations urge the appointment of Sonny Perdue as the nation’s next Agriculture Secretary and Charles W. Herbster as his Deputy Secretary. Perdue, a former governor of Georgia, previously practiced veterinary medicine and started three…
Posted March 1, 2017 – 11:00am By SEAN WHALEY REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU CARSON CITY — A U.S. District Court judge has ordered a Nevada ranching family engaged in a long-running dispute with federal agencies to pay $587,000 for grazing cattle on BLM and Forest Service lands without permission. The order dated Feb. 27 from Gloria…
https://beta.prx.org/stories/199244 Details Do you know the biggest challenges family farmers face when trying to bring their livestock to market? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Joe Maxwell, Political Director for the Humane Society Legislative Fund (http://www.hslf.org/), former MO State Representative, Senator and Lt. Governor, and family farmer….
By JAMES REBANKS March 1, 2017 MATTERDALE, England — I am a traditional small farmer in the North of England. I farm sheep in a mountainous landscape, the Lake District fells. It is a farming system that dates back as many as 4,500 years. A remarkable survival. My flock grazes a mountain alongside 10 other…