POLICY
The project tested a 1973 Minnesota law designed to protect farmers whose land was taken for major transmission lines.
There are no shortage of facts and opinions about food, farming, and the intersection of hunger, health and politics these days.
Gregory R. Page’s remarks provided real-world reminder of the factors that affect agricultural markets and producers daily as they seek to feed the world and earn a living.
Small farms may not be included in new proposed food facility regulations.
The dollar slumped the most since October 2011 after the Federal Reserve reduced projections for interest- rate increases and expressed concern the dollar’s surge is weighing on exports and inflation.
There is a “huge chasm” between the Obama Administration and congressional Republicans on taxes and other issues, Bret Baier, anchor for FOX News, told thousands of cattlemen.
State Sen. Brian Munzlinger announced legislation Monday that would create tax incentives for Missouri landowners to work with beginning farmers, an effort he says could help attract a younger generation to agriculture.
Farmers already scrambling to find workers in California — the leading U.S. grower of fruits, vegetables and nuts — fear an even greater labor shortage under President Barack Obama’s executive action to block some 5 million people from deportation.
Adopted in May 2012, the ordinance is intended to promote agribusiness in Hancock County while preserving the quality and character of the county’s neighboring uses, the ordinance reads.
Restoring the tax provision would allow farms and dairies to write off capital purchases instead of depreciating them over time.
Farmers worry about collisions between farm vehicles and cyclists and joggers, and they anticipate trail users will object to chemical sprays and farming practices.
Much talk has circulated about the growing role that unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, will have on our daily lives in the future.
Maui County is home to just 160,000 residents, but the moratorium could have effects across the nation because multinational seed producers Monsanto Co. and Dow Chemical research and develop new varieties there.
Yesterday, NCBA and the Public Lands Council filed comments calling for the immediate withdrawal of the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed “waters of the United States” rule.
Don’t care for politics? You’re not alone, especially this year, when the approval rating for Congress falls somewhere near palmer amaranth on the popularity scale in farm country.
Despite some legal hiccups, researchers had good success growing the crop.
Democratic candidate Chuck Hassebrook said he would work to lower property taxes, but he’d prefer that most of the benefits go to owner-occupied farms and landowners who actually live in Nebraska.
The Missouri Cattlemen’s Association (MCA) commends the passage of HB 1326, includes issues that MCA members identified as “top priorities” for the 2014 legislative session.
EPA tries to clear up confusion and concerns about its proposed changes to the Clean Water Act, yet farmers remain skeptical.
Members of the NCBA addressed current policy priorities at the 2014 Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Denver this week, passing new resolutions and directives for the 2014 Policy Agenda.
Importantly for members of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, this bill contains a provision that will ease the burden of the EPA’s Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure rule.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to resume inspections of in-bound cattle from Agua Prieta, Mexico.
While the measure is likely to have limited impact, it does signal the GMO labeling push is gaining momentum.
A turf battle between a southern Nevada rancher and federal land managers has escalated after authorities said they plan to round up cattle that have been allowed to graze for decades on remote public land northeast of Las Vegas.
The group says this is a tremendous roadblock to ordinary land use activities.
Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1459, Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments (EPIC) Act with a vote of 222-201.
Animal protection advocates applauded President Barack Obama on Tuesday for proposing to continue a federal funding ban that’s blocking the resumption of commercial horse slaughter in the U.S.