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Organic growers and those with an interest in transitioning to organic production can learn more during a Sept. 12 training.

Xerces Society biologist Sarah Nizzi talks about how farmers can support native bee populations and benefit from their presence.

The cost of food in the United States has been going up as of late, but that's not the biggest problem as this year's growing season begins. ...

While the label and logo have changed on food packaging Jan. 1, farmers know whats inside that makes a product organic or including genetically modified organisms.

Related Ron Rosmann’s 700-acre certified organic grain and livestock farm in Shelby County, Iowa is an island in a sea of very large conventional soy or corn operations. Farmers in the area don’t typically pay a lot of attention to the health of their soil—which has, on occasion, eroded onto his property. Others in the area operate concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). It’s not uncommon, for example, for one of his neighbor’s cattle manure lagoons to overflow into a nearby ...

Farmers Got A Government Bailout In 2020, Even Those Who Didnt Need It Back in the spring, farmers who raise pigs were in a panic. Many major customers, such as food service companies that supply restaurants, werent buying pork. Prices had fallen sharply. Some hog farmers had no place to ship their animals, because so many workers in pork processing plants got sick from COVID-19. "Our folks need a lifeline," said Nick Giordano, top lobbyist for the National Pork Producers Council, on a call wi...

Ron Rosmann, shown here in 2011, raises hogs and grows crops organically near Harlan, Iowa. Back in the spring, farmers who raise pigs were in a panic. Many major customers, such as food service companies that supply restaurants, werent buying pork. Prices had fallen sharply. Some hog farmers had no place to ship their animals, because so many workers in pork processing plants got sick from COVID-19. "Our folks need a lifeline," said Nick Giordano, top lobbyist for the National Pork Producers C...

Wednesday, December 30, 2020 by Dan Charles (NPR) Play Audio Ron Rosmann, shown here in 2011, raises hogs and grows crops organically near Harlan, Iowa. Stay tuned in to our local news coverage: Listen to 90.7 WMFE on your FM or HD radio, the WMFE mobile app or your smart speaker — say “Alexa, play NPR” and you’ll be connected. Back in the spring, farmers who raise pigs were in a panic. Many major customers, such as food service companies that supply restaurants, weren’t buying p...

Back in the spring, farmers who raise pigs were in a panic. Many major customers, such as food service companies that supply restaurants, werent buying pork. Prices had fallen sharply. Some hog farmers had no place to ship their animals, because so many workers in pork processing plants got sick from COVID-19. "Our folks need a lifeline," said Nick Giordano, top lobbyist for the National Pork Producers Council, on a call with journalists in May. "Unless there is a large cash infusion from the f...