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Senate confirmation hearings for nominees start this week.
USDA farm definition includes small farms that might not represent commercial farmers
Newly released numbers from the USDA show nearly one third of principal farm operators were at least 65 years or older, compared to 12 percent of self-employed workers in businesses unrelated to agriculture. The average age of a farmer is 58-years-old.
Do you consider your neighbor’s five-acre property with 12 chickens a farm? No? What about your neighbor with two show pigs? No still? If that’s the case, the folks behind the USDA Census of Agriculture disagree.
Agriculture might benefit from less oversight, but trade policies could see a setback from president-elect Trump’s plans.
Next week, President-elect Donald Trump will meet with Elsa Murano, 57, a candidate for Agriculture Secretary.
Thousands of Kentucky farms involved in direct community sales.
Donald Trump has chosen Peter Navarro, one of the most ardent critics of trade with China, to head his newly created National Trade Council -- a move many consider to be the opening shot in a trade war.
The bill would unwind Montana water law, a premise that virtually guarantees its failure at the Legislature.