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The U.S. Department of Agriculture began hearing testimony Aug. 23 regarding proposals to amend the Federal Milk Marketing Order system. Now reconvening in week nine of testimony, 21 submitted proposals

Ryan McMaken and Benjamin Seevers examine the reasoning behind efforts to destroy Americans' right to sell land to foreign nationals, especially the Chinese. It seems some think that Chinese nationals' ownership of 0.03% of American farmland is a big problem.

USDA anticipates a 17% decrease in net farm income, moving from $183 billion in 2022 to $151 billion in 2023.

It is necessary to modernize the federal order system in a way that farmers are paid fairly and accurately and in a manner that supports a reliable and sufficient supply of milk for consumers across the nation.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Oct. 27 the allocation of more than $3 billion to support commodity and specialty-crop producers impacted by natural disasters in 2022, through a modified

Farmers who bought crop insurance in 2022 will receive dramatically less in disaster aid than they have in recent years because of a “progressive factoring methodology” USDA made to the Emergency Relief Program for losses last year’s, according to an analysis by the American Farm Bureau Federation.

This month we’re off to Fort Valley, a valley within a valley, in the eastern part of Shenandoah County. It has a bit of a checkered past and has gone

Released at the end of August, the agency dropped net farm income expectations for 2023 lower than initial February estimates.

For 2023, USDA anticipates a 23% decrease in net farm income, moving from $183 billion in 2022 to $141 billion in 2023

The National Dairy Products Survey Report has been an integral part of establishing minimum pricing for dairy farmers since end-product pricing began in 2000. Over this period, less than 20% of the total production of cheese, butter, nonfat dry milk and whey have been captured.