Feb 17
Sarah Vogel on the History of Farm Foreclosure Battles Farm policy battles from decades past are again shaping conversations about agriculture’s future, as long-time farm advocate Sarah Vogel reflected on landmark legal fights that helped preserve family farming. Speaking with associate farm reporter Carli Davenport at the AFR Annual State Convention, Vogel walked through the …
Dec 24
Modernizing Farm Safety: Melissa Ploeckelman on Youth Guidelines and the “Stop-Think-Act” Strategy At the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) convention, Oklahoma Farm Report’s Maci Carter sat down with Melissa Ploeckelman Brown of the National Farm Medicine Center to discuss a critical evolution in agricultural safety. While the farm remains a place of tradition, the …
Sep 26
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing a second Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) payment to eligible producers for the 2024 crop year. Of the authorized $10 billion in ECAP assistance, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) has already provided over $8 billion in payments to eligible producers to mitigate the impacts of increased input …
Sep 25
While at the Ag Outlook Forum in Kansas City, Farm Director KC Sheperd heard comments from Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins, who laid out new plans to support America’s farmers and warned that agriculture is facing some of its toughest challenges yet. Rollins emphasized the urgency of her message: “We have a lot, a lot of …
Dec 06
For the second month in a row, farmer sentiment improved as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer climbed five points to reach an index value of 115 which left the index 12 percent higher than a year earlier. November’s 12-point rise in the Current Conditions Index to a reading of 113 was primarily responsible for this month’s sentiment …
