Farmers’ MVPs: Super Bowl snack connections
As you watch your favorite team and eat your favorite snacks during the Super Bowl, here are some facts about how that food makes it to your home.
As you watch your favorite team and eat your favorite snacks during the Super Bowl, here are some facts about how that food makes it to your home.
Key topics discussed in establishing Farm Bureau’s 2024 ag policy priorities ranged from artificial intelligence, to labor, to crop insurance.
A federal judge in North Dakota has granted a preliminary injunction for 24 states against the new Water of the United States rule.
A 2020 decree by Mexico’s President Andres Manual Lopez Obrador is set to phase out GM corn and glyphosate by 2024 — just 14 short months away. U.S. farmers have been urging the government to challenge the ban — saying that economic damage to both countries could be devastating.
AFBF and Farm Credit have announced the 10 semi-finalist teams in the 2023 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge. The challenge is a partnership between American Farm Bureau Federation and Farm Credit, which focuses on advancing agricultural innovation by supporting start-up businesses from across the nation.
The American Farm Bureau Foundation For Agriculture awarded $9,400 in grants earmarked to recognize and assist ten literacy programs across the country.
A California federal judge axed Trump-era Endangered Species Act rollbacks on regulations, potentially hindering progress by agricultural producers. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Jon S Tigar voided laws that allowed economic factors to play on whether species could be listed as endangered or threatened. The ruling also removed protections that made listing species and threatened or endangered more difficult.
Farm Bureau recently selected an outstanding group of young farmer and rancher leaders as the organization’s 11th Partners in Advocacy Leadership class.
The number of HPAI cases are outpacing the 2014/2015 outbreak, but the higher numbers might be attributed to improvements in detection and reporting.
In its fifth year of highlighting man’s best friend, farmers are invited to submit nominations for the 2023 Farm Bureau Farm Dog of the Year contest.