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Less than a week after Louisiana was ravaged by Hurricane Ida, farmers and ranchers are assessing the damage with recovery gets underway. And now a disaster relief fund is aimed to provide financial help.

Charismatic and humble. That describes Alex Miller who was in the national spotlight earlier this year during “American Idol.” He’ll take part in the #FarmON benefit concert Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. Central.

U.S. Secretary spoke on the impacts of climate change in the agricultural industry, as well as prevention plans set forth by the Biden Administration, during Thursday’s Farm Journal Farm Country Update.

Net cash farm income, which tracks producers’ cash flow, is forecast by USDA at $134.7B for 2021. That number is up $6.4B from February’s forecast and would be an increase of 21.5% from 2020’s $110.9B.

Sometimes the day just doesn’t go how you’d expect it to. Here’s the latest from the Farm Journal collection of “What A Day!” submissions.

A Canadian by birth, Willard Jack set out on an untraditional path with his dad and brother -- all with a plan to find land of opportunity. In the process, he planted roots of conservation and community.

Hurricane Ida, and possible aid to producers, was a big topic of the Farm Journal Farm Country Update with Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack Thursday. Vilsack highlighted when additional aid may be on the way.

At least 40 percent of U.S. farmland is rented from absentee landlords rather than owned by farmer operators, which has implications for their ability to adopt conservation practices on that land.

The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee will extend debate on energy and environmental legislation on infrastructure into next week, after Republicans proposed scores of amendments to the bill.

Chris Barron has a podcast called the Ag View Pitch and I recently did a podcast with him on farm business structure. I encourage you to take a listen.