Growers won’t let up on tax messages to Congress By Oregon Farm Bureau As part of an American Farm Bureau Federation campaign to urge lawmakers to take action on estate taxes and capital gains taxes during the lame duck, farmers and ranchers have sent 12,600 messages to their legislators underscoring […]

By National Association of Wheat Growers A high-level report on agriculture research funding was issued Friday by the White House Office of Science and Technology, underscoring the importance of farming to the domestic economy and the global population. The President’s Council on Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) issued the […]

By Cindy National Corn Growers Association   USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) out this week reported a big increase in the Chinese corn crop, raising total global grain production this year to nearly 2706 million metric tons, the second-largest on record. Global 2012/13 corn production is raised […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation The world’s biggest user of petroleum wants to diversify its fuel options. American Farm Bureau energy specialist Andrew Walmsley talks about why that’s good for national security and the U.S. economy in this story from AFBF’s Johnna Miller. Miller: The U.S. military used 117 million […]

U.S. FARMERS & RANCHERS ALLIANCE NAMES ST. PAUL, ORE., FARMER AMONG NINE FINALISTS FOR ITS FACES OF FARMING & RANCHING SEARCH Cast your vote online at www.FoodDialogues.com through Dec. 15 to help select the faces of American agriculture By US Farmer & Rancher Alliance Brenda Kirsch, a farmer from St. […]

By California Farm Bureau Nearly two-thirds of farmers who responded to a survey by the California Farm Bureau Federation said they experienced challenges finding enough employees to help tend and harvest crops in 2012. Farm Bureau today released the results of the online survey, which included responses from nearly 800 […]

New report: Restoring Oregon’s east-side forests is a win-win By Oregon Forest Resource Institute, Accelerating the work to restore ailing federal forests will help both the environment and the economy in eastern Oregon. This is the conclusion of a new report prepared at the request of Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber and […]

City fixes water shortage by removing lawns Natural Resource News Note: Los Angeles is removing residents’ lawns and installing water-efficient gardens in an attempt to conserve water. At the residents’ request, the city will send a crew to dig up the grass and replace it with mulch and native CA […]

By National Association of Wheat Growers The Senate voted 92 to 4 on Thursday to establish permanent normal trading relations (PNTR) with Russia. A similar bill was approved by the House of Representatives in November, and President Barack Obama is expected to sign the measure shortly. Approving PNTR status for […]

Wall Street Journal reports on China’s revisiting rule son its longstanding policies that allow officials to seize land from farmers.