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In July 1921, a major cooperative effort in Minnesota helped establish what would become one of America’s most recognizable dairy brands. The merger of 320 cooperative creameries laid the foundation for Land O’Lakes, a company whose name and butter products would eventually become familiar to consumers across the country. The story began with a shared goal among Minnesota dairy producers: …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing changes aimed at making it easier for ranchers to access and manage federal grazing allotments across the West. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced a proposed rule that would update grazing permit eligibility, insurance procedures, and grazing fee provisions on national forests and grasslands in 16 Western states. …
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency has released the new acreage estimate along with the new yield estimate for the present 2026 crop. Checking first, peanut forecast now has dropped again down four percent from the previous forecast and now we’re at 2,462,000 tons. That’s down 31 percent from last year. Area harvested is expected to total around 1.36 …
Cybersecurity will continue to be a major headline the next few years. One immediately thinks of military, defense systems, or banking and financial data, but one official at the National Cyber Security Center says a major target is food. Experts were alarmed in the UK recently when a large refrigeration unit was targeted by hackers. They turned up the temperature …
American agriculture underwent an extraordinary transformation during the second half of the 19th century, as the number of farms, the rural population, and the value of farmland increased significantly. Between 1860 and 1910, the United States experienced one of the most dramatic periods of agricultural expansion in its history. In this edition of the American Agriculture History Minute, Mark Oppold …
America’s agricultural economy was already taking shape in the early 19th century, as westward expansion, transportation improvements, and economic growth created new opportunities for farmers across the growing nation. During this period, agriculture remained the foundation of the U.S. economy, with farming practices and access to new markets helping shape the country’s economic development. In this edition of the American …
The team at AgroLiquid joining all of us at the bottom-line report remembering all the men and women who have proudly worn a uniform defending our freedoms here and around the world. Thank you, veterans. Jerome Increase Case was the founder of the J.I. Case Company. He was not a military veteran, many of his workers though were. They were …
On the latest episode of Grazing the Facts, Flint Johns, Secretary of the Florida Cattlemen’s Association (FCA), joins the conversation to discuss the importance of building consumer trust and why sharing the story of Florida’s cattle industry matters. Recorded on November 2, Johns offers his perspective on how Florida ranchers can help consumers better understand the work they do every …
Big events coming up on the peanut world. We’re showing now that the November 6th through the 15th the National Peanut Festival will take place all the way through the 15th at the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds in Dothan, Alabama. The festival’s theme this year is “Ease On Down the Row”. Three country music concerts are scheduled all at the …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Strengthening Processing for U.S. Ranchers, or SPUR, Guaranteed Loan Program includes seafood processing. U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Seafood Director Michael Illenberg explains the need for this inclusion. “The strengthening of seafood exports, there are a lot of opportunities for our fisheries and our aquaculture producers to export seafood to other countries to help …
