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What Do Farmers Need To Know About Climate Change? Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
2018-04-09 22:57:29| National Farmers Union
By Janan Lenzy, NFU Intern Communities across America depend on farmers and ranchers for a variety of provisions, and those producers livelihoods rely on being able to supply them. As uncontrollable environmental setbacks continue to occur with greater severity and frequency, farmers and ranchers should consider taking precautions to protect their operations from drastic losses. […]
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NFU (US) calls for plan to protect family farmers from brunt of trade war
2018-04-05 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
WASHINGTON – In the latest of a series of tariff threats exchanged between the United States and China, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC) this morning announced plans to impose a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion worth of US goods, including soybeans corn, beef, and other agricultural products
Loss of foreign workers damaging to America's pig farmers
2018-04-04 19:24:54| National Hog Farmer
A study from Iowa State Unversity establishes a baseline on the labor issues, trends in U.S. pork production including input from U.S. hog farmers.
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NFU Calls for Plan to Protect Family Farmers from Brunt of Trade War
2018-04-04 16:43:15| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 4, 2018 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON In the latest of a series of tariff threats between the United States and China, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC) this morning announced plans to impose a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion worth of U.S. goods, including soybeans corn, beef, […]
What Should Farmers Know About Climate Change? Tree Assistance Program
2018-04-03 20:44:46| National Farmers Union
By Janan Lenzy, NFU Intern The nursery tree and greenhouse industry is rapidly growing and contributing to the agricultural economy. However, climate change does not discriminate – irregular and extreme weather events interfere with anticipated growing seasons and production yields for essentially all agricultural sectors. When such events occur, farmers and ranchers largely rely on government-run […]
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