The Importance of Good Credit for Farm Loans: How to Improve Your Credit Score
Are you a farmer looking to secure a loan for your farm? Do you know how good credit can play an important role in the loan application process? Good credit…
Farm Conservation Funding Available Again
With the reopening of the federal government, farm conservation funding is available again, giving farmers the first ray of sunlight in an otherwise grim month. For more than two weeks,…
Congress Criticized by Farm Groups
After more than a year of delays and after two expired farm bills, agricultural advocacy groups across the country are unloading on Congress, venting months of frustration on a body…
Obama Lays Out Climate Change Program
President Barack Obama recently laid out a new climate change program designed to reduce US carbon emissions and protect farmers from the worst of the upcoming climatological changes. Farmers nationwide…
Vilsack Outlines Climate Change Plan
In a recent talk outlining the dangers posed by global climate change, Secretary of Agriculture laid out a plan to combat climate change, presenting a framework for a more sustainable…
Farm Bill in Chaos
After expirations, extensions, and several missed deadlines, the expired 2008 Farm Bill was temporarily renewed for nine months, protecting consumers from a major price increase. The temporary extension, however, has…
Farmers Fear New Dust Bowl
With the winter offering little relief from the devastating, ongoing drought that has plagued much of the country, Great Plains farmers are worrying that the ongoing weather crisis, combined with…
Conservationists Worry about Farm Bill Failure
Conservationists and environmentalists are worried about the recent failure of the farm bill and hope to continue to urge lawmakers to protect conservation funding during the upcoming lame duck session…
Farm Bill Debate Sparks Environmental Debate
With Congress currently debating the 2012 Farm Bill and with farmers still reeling from the effects of this summer’s devastating drought, scientists and environmentalists are pushing for an increase in…
Farmland Protection Program on the Chopping Block
A Wisconsin farmland protection program is in financial limbo after Governor Scott Walker stripped its funding and recommended that the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection evaluate its…