Alabama
USDA to Measure Financial Well-Being of Farmers and Ranchers
ATHENS, GA – Beginning in late December 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) began gathering information about farm economics and production practices from farmers and […]
Arkansas
Farm Bill Listening Session Draws Interest from Southeast Arkansas Farmers and Businesses
The University of Arkansas at Monticello’s Agriculture auditorium was near capacity on February 21 as farmers, businessmen, bankers, educators, and other stakeholders gathered for a listening session on the 2023 […]
Arizona
Supreme Court Orders Title 42 Border Restrictions to Remain in Place
In a 5-4 vote, with the court’s three liberals and conservative justice Neil Gorsuch dissenting, the high court reversed an order from a federal judge in Washington, D.C., who ruled […]
California
Reeling from another round of storms, California growers fight to recover farmland from flooding
California residents, farmers and ranchers have endured two intense storm systems in recent months that brought significant rainfall, snow and flooding to many areas. Storm-ravaged Californians are now bracing for […]
Colorado
Farmland Partners Re-enters Texas Farmland Market, Purchases 3,843 Acres For $121 Million
DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Farmland Partners Inc. (NYSE: FPI) (the “Company” or “FPI”) today announced that it purchased a Texas farm for $12.1 million. The acquisition represents FPI’s first farmland transaction in […]
Florida
2022 Weather Summary and 1st Quarter Outlook
Rainfall 2022 was a unique weather year in the Panhandle. After several wetter than normal years, the end of 2022 got significantly drier than it has been in recent years. […]
Georgia
Trees For The Future: Developing Climate-Adapted Pecans
Georgia is the nation’s leading pecan-producing state — and University of Georgia researchers intend to keep it that way. Working with an international team of experts, four faculty from the […]
Illinois
Net Returns to Carbon Farming Tool Allows Producers to Evaluate Contracts
AMES, Iowa – Producers looking to calculate financial returns from carbon farming contracts can use a newly updated resource from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The Carbon Farming Decision […]
Indiana
Net Returns to Carbon Farming Tool Allows Producers to Evaluate Contracts
AMES, Iowa – Producers looking to calculate financial returns from carbon farming contracts can use a newly updated resource from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The Carbon Farming Decision […]
Iowa
A New Way to Rent Ground Is Gaining Traction — With Cash Rent Bids In Illinois Topping $600 Per Acre
It’s been said records are meant to be broken, which was certainly the case for land auctions in 2022. Cash rents are following suit, and a relatively new concept in the […]
Kansas
Net Returns to Carbon Farming Tool Allows Producers to Evaluate Contracts
AMES, Iowa – Producers looking to calculate financial returns from carbon farming contracts can use a newly updated resource from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The Carbon Farming Decision […]
Kentucky
Kubota To Sponsor Blake Shelton’s 2023 Concert Tour
GRAPEVINE, Texas – Kubota Tractor Corporation announced today that it will be the presenting sponsor of Blake Shelton’s “Back to the Honky Tonk” Tour kicking off in Lincoln, NE, February […]
Louisiana
Three To Be Inducted Into Louisiana Ag Hall of Distinction
BATON ROUGE, La. — Three individuals who have spent their careers dedicated to improving agriculture in Louisiana will be the newest inductees into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction. The […]
Michigan
How An MSU Alum Is Helping California Navigate Its Water Crisis
Under normal circumstances, feeding a nation and supplying 40 million people with water is challenging enough, but California is currently in one of the longest and most severe droughts in […]
Minnesota
Net Returns to Carbon Farming Tool Allows Producers to Evaluate Contracts
AMES, Iowa – Producers looking to calculate financial returns from carbon farming contracts can use a newly updated resource from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The Carbon Farming Decision […]
Mississippi
Mississippi Rice Council Gathers for Updates and Outlook
CLEVELAND, MS – More than 50 Mississippi rice farmers and allies gathered here at the Bolivar County Ag Extension Office auditorium for a meeting of the Mississippi Rice Council last […]
Missouri
Kubota To Sponsor Blake Shelton’s 2023 Concert Tour
GRAPEVINE, Texas – Kubota Tractor Corporation announced today that it will be the presenting sponsor of Blake Shelton’s “Back to the Honky Tonk” Tour kicking off in Lincoln, NE, February […]
Nebraska
Kubota To Sponsor Blake Shelton’s 2023 Concert Tour
GRAPEVINE, Texas – Kubota Tractor Corporation announced today that it will be the presenting sponsor of Blake Shelton’s “Back to the Honky Tonk” Tour kicking off in Lincoln, NE, February […]
New Mexico
Supreme Court Orders Title 42 Border Restrictions to Remain in Place
In a 5-4 vote, with the court’s three liberals and conservative justice Neil Gorsuch dissenting, the high court reversed an order from a federal judge in Washington, D.C., who ruled […]
North Carolina
In Face Of Urban Sprawl, Susan Weaver Ford is the Farm Next Door
If Susan Weaver Ford wasn’t a farmer, she’d be a basketball coach. In fact, she was one before returning to her Kenly, N.C., farm. For two years, Ford was a […]
North Dakota
Net Returns to Carbon Farming Tool Allows Producers to Evaluate Contracts
AMES, Iowa – Producers looking to calculate financial returns from carbon farming contracts can use a newly updated resource from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The Carbon Farming Decision […]
Oklahoma
Kubota To Sponsor Blake Shelton’s 2023 Concert Tour
GRAPEVINE, Texas – Kubota Tractor Corporation announced today that it will be the presenting sponsor of Blake Shelton’s “Back to the Honky Tonk” Tour kicking off in Lincoln, NE, February […]
Pennsylvania
Kubota To Sponsor Blake Shelton’s 2023 Concert Tour
GRAPEVINE, Texas – Kubota Tractor Corporation announced today that it will be the presenting sponsor of Blake Shelton’s “Back to the Honky Tonk” Tour kicking off in Lincoln, NE, February […]
South Carolina
USDA to Measure Financial Well-Being of Farmers and Ranchers
ATHENS, GA – Beginning in late December 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) began gathering information about farm economics and production practices from farmers and […]
South Dakota
Net Returns to Carbon Farming Tool Allows Producers to Evaluate Contracts
AMES, Iowa – Producers looking to calculate financial returns from carbon farming contracts can use a newly updated resource from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The Carbon Farming Decision […]
Tennessee
Center for Profitable Agriculture Celebrates Twenty-fifth Year
The Farm Bureau-UT Extension Partnership Helps Tennesseans Launch Value-added Opportunities COLUMBIA, Tenn. – A center that helps Tennessee farm families increase the sustainability of their operations is celebrating a quarter […]
Texas
Plagued By Drought and High Input Prices, Cotton Acres Could Crumble This Year
USDA is set to release its March Prospective Plantings report on Friday, which is the industry’s first official look at U.S. crop acres for the year. An area known as […]
Virginia
U.S. Rice Industry Requests $400 Million in Assistance from USDA
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – The U.S. is a top five global exporter of high-value rice and more than 80 percent of the rice we eat is sustainably grown here on family […]