Using the Ag Confidence Index as a Decision Tool
Inside Farmers’ Minds (By Linda H. Smith – DTN Progressive Farmer) EXCERPT: Certainly, U.S. agriculture is a very diverse sector in terms of geography, products [...]
Statistics and Trends
I often post articles and opinion pieces that discuss new trends in agriculture and farming. You will usually find excepts with links to the articles.
Industry Watchdog “Dumbfounded” by USDA’s Failure to Enforce Organic Law
For Immediate Release – Contact: Mark Kastel, 608-625-204; Charlotte Vallaeys, 978-369-6409 USDA Continues Bush-era Policy of Allowing Unapproved Synthetic Additives [...]
Organic Seed Alliance Publishes State of Organic Seed Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE; CONTACT Kristina Hubbard, Director of Advocacy, (406) 493-6965, kristina@seedalliance.org Download the full report at: [...]
New Generation of Beginning Farmers Getting Started
In New Food Culture, a Young Generation of Farmers Emerges (By ISOLDE RAFTERY, New York Times) EXCERPT: Garry Stephenson, coordinator of the Small Farms Program at Oregon [...]
Preserving Farmland: Current Trends and Future Options (Part 1)
Farmland preservation, (especially that of ‘prime farmland’) is essential to our agricultural future. In part 1 of this post we show where prime farmland exists [...]
Court Reverses Order to Destroy Monsanto GMO Sugar Beets
Bloomberg Media reported last week that the U.S. Agriculture Department has won the reversal of the order by a Federal Judge last November to destroy all sugar beet seedlings [...]
Women in Production Agriculture – By the Numbers
By Sheila Karpf, Environmental Working Group Legislative and Policy Analyst. For the full Report Click HERE 2010/2011 Board Membership at Five National Commodity [...]
Atlas or Rural Small Town America from USDA ERS
DATA: Number of Farms The Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America is a great mapping application that provides a spatial interpretation of U.S. county-level, economic and [...]
Growth of Farmers Markets in the U.S. 1994-2010
In 1994, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) began publishing the National Directory of Farmers Markets which list farmers markets known to operate in the U.S. As of [...]
Military Veterans Farmer Training Movement is Growing
Our Farming Organization of the Year Award for 2010 went to the Farmer-Veteran Coalition (see [...]
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