We’ve brought together many of the major ways you can help our brothers and sisters in agriculture in these devastated regions.
In Montana, Oregon, and Washington wildfires have been raging since July, yet these disasters aren’t on people’s radars like the hurricanes are.
Rebuilding has truly taken more help than the family could have ever anticipated, proving that the community of those in agriculture is without boundaries.
In response to the extreme wildfires over large parts of the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has ramped up resources and assets. The fires, affecting forests and grasslands, are burning across Western Montana, Idaho, Northern California, Oregon, and Washington. “Our courageous USFS firefighters do an outstanding job and are […]
The flames that swept across Montana left destruction in their wake but they brought the best of agriculture and rural America to the surface.
CHS is making a $100,000 contribution on behalf of CHS Payback feed dealers to assist livestock producers affected by the recent wildfires in Montana.
First Shark Farmer chats with Greg Manning, a North Carolina farmer about growing tobacco and getting married. Then stay tuned as Rachael Spangelo gives a quick update on the wildfires. Please follow Rob, Greg and Rachael on Twitter!
Grazing on public lands is essential to mitigate the risk of catastrophic wildfires. That’s why the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council kicked off a media and advertising campaign centered around a new website, GrazingPreventsWildfires and will run through May. “Coming off the wet winter we had across much of the west, […]
The goal of the fundraiser was to raise $10,000 for wildfire relief. After four busy hours Friday night, the event in rural Virginia pulled in $30,000.
Acting in response to a directive from President Donald J. Trump, the USDA authorized emergency grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands located in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas – the three states which were most heavily impacted by ongoing wildfires which began on March 6, 2017. USDA Acting Deputy Secretary Michael L. Young issued a […]