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LINCOLN, NE — The Nebraska Farm Bureau and the FBI’s Omaha Field Office partnered to encourage ranchers and farmers to be aware of agriculture threats with a rise in technology during a Agriculture Threats Symposium At the two-day event, FBI Omaha Special Agent in Charge Gene Kowel said four main threats face the agriculture sector. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ranchers and farmers along with small plant and animal growers still have time to be counted in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Although the deadline for submitting the ag census has just passed, NASS will continue to accept completed […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – According to the most recent Congressional Budget Office’s (COB) baseline, the 2023 Farm Bill is estimated to cost $1.295 trillion over 10 years, making it the first ever farm bill to exceed $1 trillion. The once-every-five-year piece of legislation is a hodgepodge of policies. The bill is made up of multiple titles […]
MITCHELL, SD – VeaBea Thomas from Harrold, SD has been chosen as the Dakotafest Woman Farmer/Rancher of the Year for South Dakota. While accepting the award, she said she’s learned from working with two other women in her family. IDEAg Group, LLC., producers of Dakotafest, says judges selected the top five women whose nominations demonstrated […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Kurt Groszhans set out from North Dakota for Ukraine in 2017, he was eager to connect with his family’s ancestral homeland and to farm the rich, black soil for which the country is known. But his farming venture with a law professor who’s now a high-ranking Ukrainian government official soon collapsed […]
DALLAS, TX Now in its 11th year, the Farmer/Rancher Veteran Fellowship Fund has granted more than $3.5 million in support of 800+ military veterans pursuing careers in agriculture. As one of FVC’s core programs, it helps beginning farmers and ranchers with what’s often their greatest hurdle – access to start-up capital. Last year that came […]
PIERRE, SD – A Value-Added Producer Grant and Rural Business Development Grant Webinar will be held Wed., March 17th from 1 p.m.- 2:30 p.m. (MT). The Value-Added Producer Grant program provides competitive grants to individual agricultural producers, groups of independent producers, producer-controlled entities, and farmer or rancher cooperatives to create or develop value-added, producer-owned businesses. […]
