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Fighting Drought: Irrigation Improvements Make Believers out of Nevada Dairy Owners

October 20, 2014 Heather Emmons, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Nevada

Turn on any news station or open a newspaper in Nevada, and you’ll see the effects of the severe drought, now in its third year in the Silver State. It is leaving farmers and ranchers devastated. Luckily, before the drought’s onslaught, the Moreda Dairy in Yerington, took advantage of a conservation...

Conservation

Field Day Supports Organic Dairy Producers

October 17, 2014 Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator of the National Organic Program

Last month, I had the pleasure of attending the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance (NODPA) Field Days at Stonewall Farm in Keene, New Hampshire. The field days combine many activities for attending farmers, giving them the opportunity to learn from each other, speak with experts in the...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

Secretary's Column: Family Farmers Do More Than Feed the World

October 16, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Earlier today, Secretary Vilsack posted a guest column on the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations blog in honor of World Food Day. The UN General Assembly has designated 2014 “International Year of Family Farming.” This is a strong signal that the international community...

Celebrating Old North State Agriculture

October 16, 2014 Dee Webb, North Carolina State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

The Census of Agriculture is the most complete account of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Every Thursday USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will highlight new Census data and the power of the information to shape the future of American agriculture. Today is a...

Conservation

An Alabama Family Farm Helps Send Cleaner Water to the Gulf of Mexico

October 15, 2014 Fay Garner, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Alabama

Days before planting season in April, up to 26 inches of rain had fallen in southern Alabama over a span of two days. This rain event caused historic flooding in Baldwin County in a coastal part of the state, where farmers had freshly tilled fields in preparation for planting crops. These tilled...

Conservation

Soil Health Campaign Turns Two: Seeks to Unlock Benefits on- and off-the-Farm

October 10, 2014 Ron Nichols, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Two years ago, at the farm of soil health pioneer Dave Brandt in Carroll, Ohio, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) officially launched the “ Unlock the Secrets in the Soil.” The Brandt Farm was a fitting birthplace for a soil health education and awareness effort, since Brandt has...

Conservation

Texas Agriculture, Bigger in More Ways Than You Might Know

October 09, 2014 Doug Rundle, Southern Plains Regional Director, National Agricultural Statistics Service

The Census of Agriculture is the most complete account of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Every Thursday USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will highlight new Census data and the power of the information to shape the future of American agriculture. Nearly a...

Conservation

New Georgia Goat Farmer Finds Help Through USDA

October 08, 2014 Amelia Hines, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Georgia

The odds were against Beverly Robinson, but she isn’t one that gives in easily. She didn’t let her newness to farming discourage her from following her dream to raise goats. “Animals have always been a part of our lives even growing up,” Robinson said. “I developed an innate love for animals, and...

Conservation

Farmers go Digital to Confront Changing Growing Conditions

October 07, 2014 Carlos J. Harris, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. American farmers have a long history of overcoming obstacles. In 1938, they helped the country emerge from the Dust Bowl by...

Research and Science

Michigan Hispanic Growers' Co-op Helps Improve Viability of Small Farmers

October 06, 2014 Mark Thomas, Extension Educator and Innovation Counselor at Michigan State University Product Center

Editor’s note: Thomas is Extension educator and innovation counselor at the Michigan State University Product Center, Michigan Cooperative Development Program. This is one in a series of blogs USDA is posting to help celebrate Cooperative Month in October. Farmers on the Move (FOTM) is a cooperative...

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