Ag groups urge Congress to address labor reform
The agriculture industry is suffering from a labor shortage that could increase production costs and consumer food prices if not addressed through visa reform to provide better access to the foreign-born workers.
Billionaire Jim Mellon predicts end of meat and dairy farming near
Jim Mellon believes cultured meat is the only answer to the ever-growing problems of animal agriculture, from zoonotic diseases to animal cruelty.
Small farms vanish every day in America’s dairyland: ‘There ain’t no future in dairy’
Farming families are facing a choice: compete with high-production outfits, if they can, or abandon generations of dairy farming
Coping with stress, stigma and suicide in farm country
Jessica Peters: “No me conoces, pero yo te conozco. Te veo. Te siento. Porque soy tú”, dijo en un video titulado “Querido granjero en lucha”.
Nearly 200 dairy cows killed in blaze at farm north of Montreal
3rd fire since 1998 at Mirabel dairy farm, 2nd to cause deaths of more than 100 cows.
Hoffland Dairy owner rebuilding after fire in milking barn killed about 30 cows
It was just earlier this month that the milking house at Luke Vanderhoff’s Hoffland Dairy at 9510 Haley Road in Dover Township, a couple miles southeast of Clayton, burned leaving close to 30 cows dead, but he already has his sights set on rebuilding.
Klamath Water War Gravely Worries Oregon Farmer
Water is essential. So, understandably, worries are mounting, and farmers are growing frustrated at the federal government for cutting off their main water supply source in Klamath County, Oregon.
Benchmark milk price loses $1.75
Tough times are returning to dairy farm bottom lines, if indeed they ever left.
How the Rising Cost of Food Is Sweeping Around the World
The factors lifting prices could persist even as we returns to pre-pandemic norms. The world’s poorest will bear the highest cost.
Pennsylvania farmers could get protection from some suits under bill heading to Gov. Wolf
Farmers who are trying to get a little additional income off their properties and, to a real degree, their very lifestyles, could be getting a boost for their businesses.
