The Daily Yonder
Improving carbon storage in pastures requires both training and support of ranchers, study shows
Farmers in the Cerrado savanna in Brazil created healthier pastures, but doing so required more than just training.
Bipartisan Senate bills seek to diminish corporate squeeze on meat pricing
Two bills would give the federal government more investigative tools and transparency in pricing.
Report: The majority of farmers applying to USDA conservation programs are being rejected
There’s just not enough money to go around, partially because factory farms use up much of the allocations, says the report’s author.
Despite legal changes, women still face barriers to inheriting farmland
Though the United States granted women legal equality for property rights decades ago, women are still not not inheriting farmland as often as their male relatives.
The return of COOL? Legislation would resurrect origin labeling for meat
Mandatory country of origin labeling is back on the table with the American Beef Labeling Act, which would reinstate COOL for beef after its repeal in 2015.
Skyrocketing fertilizer prices gouge farmer profits; groups blame consolidation
Farm advocates say that record-breaking fertilizer prices are decimating farmer profits.