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The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation has released its long-awaited final environmental impact statement. Farmers in the lower basin worry it could mean cuts to their water supply, while upper basin farmers are seeing higher hay prices and cattle sales.
Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman says if the bill is not passed out of committee on Thursday, it would be “very, very difficult” to get a Farm Bill passed this year. The chairman says the SNAP state cost share delays will be a hang-up for some Democrats.
As extreme drought fuels a fire that has jumped rivers and state lines, ranch families and volunteer fire crews are directing the flames away from ranches the best they can.
After nearly 20" of rain stalled spring fieldwork, a fourth-generation Missouri farm is racing 13-hour days to make up for a lost June.
Short on hands and mourning a loss, the Chapman family keeps a five-generation legacy rolling near Lee’s Summit.
DNA-based diet research from two Northern California wolf packs shows cattle rival mule deer as a primary prey source — adding hard data to what ranchers have been reporting for years.
With 400 groups in lockstep, Chairman G.T. Thompson’s labor bill moves to the House Judiciary Committee. The goal: Open year-round H-2A access for the first time since the program’s creation in 1986 and cap mandatory wage hikes.
The goal is to increase domestic fertilizer supply and strengthen the supply chain.
Marshall and Loretta Ensor transformed an 1890s farmhouse into a hub for amateur radio, teaching 10,000 operators by air and helping shape the early history of wireless communication.
Legal watchers and industry experts break down what the favorable outcome for Monsanto means for farmers.