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Max Armstrong talks about the upcoming 2021 Farm Futures Summit in-person meeting.

Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021 Max Armstrong shares insight and opinions from farm groups about the Biden Administration's 30-30 conservation plan. After a cold welcome, some groups are warming up to it. Zippy Duvall, American Farm Bureau president, says the report is a philosophical document that is voluntary and respects private property rights. But it does lack specifics, he says. The National Farmers Union is pleased the administration is taking agriculture into account when talking about conservation. Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and ...

Max Armstrong shares insight into facial recognition use on ranches. May 11, 2021 Max Armstrong says there's long been a problem with RFID tags. Bryan Elliot, ranch manager in Montana, was convinced there's a more efficient to electronically identify cattle. His technology can recognize cattle faces from up to 40 feet away, and offers efficiency for cattle management using everyday tech. Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

Farm Progress America, May 10, 2021 Max Armstrong talks about drought growth in the U.S., and its impact on California produce production. May 10, 2021 Max Armstrong revisits the California drought, as more of the U.S. is impacted by drought. The latest Drought Monitor map is sobering, despite some improvements in the East. Martin Hein, Kern County, Calif., said some growers are taking almonds out of production and putting in pistachios. That crop lowers the water needs as trees mature, and requires less water. Irrigation is still necessary and some systems are working at only 50 perce...

Max Armstrong explores the impact of the loss of farmland to development May 07, 2021 Max Armstrong shares that the American Farmland Trust has been sounding the alarm on lost farmland for more than 40 years. Recently the group reported that between 2001 and 2016 11 million acres of farm and ranchland were converted to urban and highly developed land use. That's about 4.1 million acres for high-density use, and 7 million acres for lower density residential use. Max offers insight from the report noting that loss amounted to paving over about 2,000 acres per day. Farm Progress America is...