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NFU Announces Beginning Farmer Institute Participants
2015-06-12 15:39:18| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 12, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (June 12, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) announced the 11 participants selected for the 2015/2016 Beginning Farmer Institute (BFI), a diverse group with operations ranging from half an acre to over 1800 acres. Those selected for the class are: Kasey Bitz of North Dakota; Kyle
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California's War Over Water Has Farmer Fighting Farmer
2015-06-04 20:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Rudy Mussi is not the California farmer you've been hearing about. He is not fallowing all his fields or ripping up his orchards due to a lack irrigation water. For Mussi and most of his neighbors in the bucolic Sacramento Delta, the water is still flowing reliably from the pumps and into the canals lining the fields. "If you had to pick a place where you would say, 'Okay, where should I stick my farm?' You'd come to the Delta," he says. As he steers his pickup through ripening wine grape...
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NFU Applauds Introduction of the Young Farmer Success Act
2015-06-02 08:30:42| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (June 2, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today applauded the introduction of the Young Famer Success Act by Representatives Chris Gibson, R-New York, and Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, a bill that will add farmers to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness
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Farm Credit Hosts Capitol Hill Event to Honor Farmer Veterans, Celebrate Success of Farmer Veteran Coalitions Homegrown By Heroes Program
2015-06-02 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2015 – Farm Credit, a national network of cooperatives that support rural communities and agriculture with reliable, consistent credit and financial services, is hosting an event today on Capitol Hill to showcase the contributions of farmer veterans and celebrate the success of the Homegrown By Heroes program. read more
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New movie, The Ivy League Farmer, discusses ag technology, hunger
2015-05-28 14:54:05| Beef
Many people involved in modern agriculture have long believed that ag technology is an important tool in fighting hunger, not only in far-away lands, but in our own communities. read more
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