FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 12, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – As the Trump Administration navigates a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), National Farmers … Read More
What Can Farmers and Ranchers Do About Climate Change? Market Access for Pastured Meat
By Tom Driscoll, Director of NFU Foundation and Conservation Policy The Climate Column has covered a number of grazing practices that encourage soil health, such as prescribed grazing and rotational grazing. … Read More
FDA to Extend Compliance Dates for Agricultural Water Standards
June 9, 2017 By Skylar Schneider, Executive Assistant Contact: Chelsea Matzen, 202-554-1600 [email protected] This week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will be extending the compliance dates … Read More
Access to Markets: The Schaefers Farm Family & the Farm Economy
By Lura Roti, South Dakota Farmers Union When Cheryl and Fred Schaefers tied the knot 40 years ago, the two shared a strong passion for farming. And, along with crops … Read More
Organic Livestock and Poultry Rules Benefits Family Organic Producers and Consumers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – In an effort to improve the consistency and integrity of organic livestock practices and labeling, National Farmers … Read More
Access to Markets: The Schaefers Farm Family & the Farm Economy
By Lura Roti, South Dakota Farmers Union When Cheryl and Fred Schaefers tied the knot 40 years ago, the two shared a strong passion for farming. And, along with crops … Read More
Access to Efficiency: Water Rights Q&A With Harrison Topp
By Steven Emmen, NFU Intern Earlier this week, we briefly discussed what the prior appropriation system is and its unique characteristics. To give beginning farmers a better idea of the practical … Read More
Access to Efficiency: Water Rights Q&A With Harrison Topp
By Steven Emmen, NFU Intern Earlier this week, we briefly discussed what the prior appropriation system is and its unique characteristics. To give beginning farmers a better idea of the practical … Read More
NFU Announces Twenty Participants for 2017-18 Beginning Farmers Institute
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – National Farmers Union (NFU) has announced twenty beginning farmers and ranchers from across the United States to … Read More
NFU Urges Immediate Adoption of Farmer Fair Practices Rules
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 7, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – The Farmer Fair Practices Rules, a set of three rules that provide very basic protections for farmers … Read More