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The USDA is spending nearly $28 million to support organizations that teach and train beginning farmers and ranchers, including programs for U.S. veterans who are entering into agricultural careers and starting new farming businesses.

ASAP (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project) announced 22 western North Carolina farms – including five in McDowell County – will participate in the 2023 Farm Tour on Sept. 23 through 24,

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USDA Chief Scientist Chavonda Jacobs-Young says the agency will invest nearly $24 million across 45 organizati...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association as an awardee of the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program. The grant award, $906,390 ($725,112 of federal dollars and $181,278 in matching funds), is to be distributed over three years and support production and financial training through mentorship, peer-to-peer learning, […]

According to the USDA 2017 Census of Agriculture, approximately 30% of South Dakota farmers and ranchers are 6...

Brookings, S.D. - According to the USDA 2017 Census of Agriculture, approximately 30% of South Dakota farmers and ranchers are 65 years of age or older. Additionally, one in four producers is a beginning farmer…

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A small but lively crowd of people clapped excitedly as John Keene, president of the Martha’s Vineyard Fishermen’s Preservation Trust, cut the red rope Tuesday, signaling the opening of the Martha’s Vineyard Seafood Collaborative. The red rope was a significant symbol because it is a weak line that’s mandatory for fishermen to use for traps […]

Last year was the second highest year for U.S. agricultural exports, according to USDAs Foreign Agricultural Services (FAS) "2020 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook." Total exports were nearly $146 billion, an increase of approximately 7%. This is the second highest level on record, after 2014. FAS said the primary factor for the increase in exports was the "increased shipments of soybeans, corn and pork to China." Soybeans were the United States number one agricultural export at $25.7 billion, ...