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Fruit Grower Report
Sam Kieffer, Vice President of Public Policy at the American Farm Bureau Federation, says imports and exports for agricultural products is really a numbers game and right now, it’s not ideal.
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
USDA is investing significant resources to fight Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or bird flu, including $100 million to develop a vaccine.
Southeast Regional Ag News
Florida’s Laura Goss is stepping into the spotlight after completing the American Farm Bureau’s Women’s Communications Boot Camp. The program equips women in agriculture with tools to advocate, lead, and share the story of modern farming across the Southeast and beyond.
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall calls for the preservation of AM radio in all new car construction
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act contains provisions that are set to end this year, many of which are beneficial to farmers and ranchers.
Fruit Grower Report
Dave Salmonsen, senior director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the situation with tariffs has certainly changed over the past week or so.
The Agribusiness Update
Targeted grazing could make California farmers and ranchers a potential ally in preventing future wildfires, and American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall worried about economic impact of President Trump's reciprocal tariffs on trading partners.
The Agribusiness Update
Targeted grazing could make California farmers and ranchers a potential ally in preventing future wildfires, and American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall worried about economic impact of President Trump's reciprocal tariffs on trading partners.
The Agribusiness Update
The Georgia Peanut Commission board approves over $764,000 in research funding for the 2025-26 budget year, and American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall worried about economic impact of President Trump's reciprocal tariffs on trading partners.
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, says most understand tariffs and tariff threats are part of the game, but that doesn’t make it any easier.
The Agribusiness Update
The Meat Institute sent a letter to President Trump to provide strategies to reduce burdensome regulations and address meat prices for consumers, and farmer and rancher delegates to the American Farm Bureau’s annual convention adopted policies to guide the organization’s work in 2025.
The Agribusiness Update
The Meat Institute sent a letter to President Trump to provide strategies to reduce burdensome regulations and address meat prices for consumers, and farmer and rancher delegates to the American Farm Bureau’s annual convention adopted policies to guide the organization’s work in 2025.
Southeast Regional Ag News
AFBF President Zippy Duvall praised changes such as a return to the “higher of” Class I milk formula, improved cheese price discovery, and updated milk composition factors. However, he criticized increases in make allowances.
The Agribusiness Update
In collaboration with Idaho Farm Bureau and Farm Bureau Insurance Company of Idaho, Washington Farm Bureau is introducing a new insurance option, and USDA’s 2024 America’s Farms and Ranches at a Glance says 86% of U.S. farms are small family farms.
The Agribusiness Update
University of Florida scientists secure $5 million grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to combat the lethal Laurel wilt disease, and USDA’s 2024 America’s Farms and Ranches at a Glance says 86% of U.S. farms are small family farms.
Line on Agriculture
Hawaii has pushed out California as the highest-paying state for farmworker wages.
Line on Agriculture
Results from the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual Thanksgiving Marketbasket Survey for 2024.
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Ag experts agree that a new farm bill is now unlikely until next year when the new Congress is in session.
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
With a trade imbalance favoring ag imports over ag exports the past few years, the coming months will answer a lot of questions for farmers and ranchers.