By Steven Emmen, NFU Intern It would be very difficult to be a successful farmer without adequate access to water. Depending on the topography of the region and the basin that … Read More
Family Beef Producers Deserve Better From NAFTA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – On the heels of an announcement that the Trump Administration intends to renegotiate the North American Free … Read More
Access to Efficiency: Water & Prior Appropriation
By Steven Emmen, NFU Intern It would be very difficult to be a successful farmer without adequate access to water. Depending on the topography of the region and the basin that … Read More
What Do Farmers Need to Know About Climate Change? Nitrogen Management Pilot Project
By Robert Parkhurst, Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Markets Director at Environmental Defense Fund With international trade pressures, low commodity prices, and unpredictable weather patterns, it’s a tough time for agriculture right now. … Read More
Access to Markets: Pricing
By Jimmy Dula, NFU Intern Pricing has been one of the most difficult ideas in farming for me to wrap my head around. Estimating cost of production can be difficult in … Read More
U.S. Withdrawal from Paris Accord Shirks Science, Neglects Devastating Impacts to Food System, Family Farms, and Future Generations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 [email protected] WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced today that the U.S. will withdraw from the historic Paris Agreement, an accord … Read More
Q&A With an Urban Grower on Food Safety
June 1, 2017 By London Muegge, Education Intern Contact: Chelsea Matzen, 202-554-1600 [email protected] The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law on January 4, 2011 by President Obama, … Read More
Stand Up for Family Farmers – Pass the Farmer Fair Practices Rules
By Skylar Schneider, NFU Executive Assistant Nearly 100 years ago, Congress passed the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, which was written to both address abuses by major livestock and … Read More
Access to Markets: The Perils of Price
By Chris Holman, Co-Owner/Operator of Nami Moon Farms As beginning producers, what sorts of obstacles do we create in order to keep doing what we’re doing? There were plenty of … Read More
Farmers Union: Agitate, Organize, Educate, and Cooperate
By Tom Giessel, NFU Historian Owen Franklin Dornblazer was the 11th person to join The Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America in 1902. He lived to the age of … Read More