Agriculture
Suit: Produce companies not paying OT to H-2A workers(The Center Square) — A Missouri farm and produce operation, along with its owner, is facing a federal collective and class action lawsuit alleging it failed to pay required overtime… Read More
Agriculture
WATCH: Trump administration to deliver $12 billion in relief to American farmers(The Center Square) – The Trump administration has proposed $12 billion in federal aid to American farmers, with many undergoing what Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins described as an economic… Read More
Agriculture
45 million acres of American land owned by foreign entities(The Center Square) – Nearly 46 million acres of forest and farmland are held by foreign investors, including by countries hostile to America, according to data released by the… Read More
Agriculture
17 state AGs sue Biden admin. for allowing foreign farmworkers to unionize(The Center Square) – A group of 17 state attorneys general, led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration this week over a rule… Read More
Agriculture, Missouri
Do you eat? You can celebrate that with Northwest Missouri State’s salute to area agriculture this weekMARYVILLE, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University is reminding us all of the vast importance of local agriculture with its annual Celebrate Agriculture Week beginning Tuesday and running… Read More
Agriculture
Paying food stamp recipients to buy more fruits and vegetables has mixed reviews(The Center Square) – Some economic analysts have mixed reactions to a federal program that would pay people on food stamps if they buy more fruits and vegetables. The U.S. Read More
Agriculture
Goats take over brush-hogging duties, earning admirers, at Wichita parkWICHITA, Ks. – A herd of hungry goats has taken over brush-hogging duties at an overgrown city park in Wichita. Sim Park sits inside a sandy… Read More
Agriculture
Missouri governor joins coaltion to block California’s Proposition 12 limiting pork sales(The Center Square) – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Tuesday that she’s a leader of a coalition that’s asking U.S. Congressional leaders to counter California’s Proposition 12 with a bill… Read More
Agriculture
FDA issues warning after tainted alfalfa cubes kill 45 horses, sicken 100 moreWith 100 horses developing neurological illnesses and 45 dying or being euthanized, the Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to horse owners not to feed their… Read More
Agriculture
Florida ag commissioner wants to ban land sales to foreign entitities(The Center Square) – Florida's new Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson wants to restrict the sale of The Sunshine State's farmland to foreign countries after increasing concerns about what foreign… Read More
Agriculture
Farmers can expect high interest rates and higher costs next year(The Center Square) – Farmers borrow short term money up front every year to pay for inputs and operating expenses. At harvest time when they sell their crops, they pay… Read More
Agriculture, Economy
Agriculture researcher predicts ‘perfect storm’ for high grocery prices nationwide(The Center Square) – The cost of farming will remain volatile next year, and high grocery prices with it, according to a University of Missouri research associate for the Food… Read More
Agriculture
USDA unveils a $500 million stimulus program for domestic fertilizer production(The Center Square) – The Biden administration has announced $500 million in grant money to stimulate American-made fertilizer production. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack unveiled the new grant program,… Read More
Agriculture
‘Nearly doubled’ foreign investment in U.S. farmland comes under scrutiny(The Center Square) — A coalition of 130 lawmakers sent a letter to a top federal watchdog raising the alarm about a spike in foreign ownership of U.S. farmland. The … Read More
Agriculture
Midwest farm ground values increased over 2021, new report finds(The Center Square) – The average farm real estate values for Illinois in 2022 increased $1,000 per acre over last year. That mirrors the rising value of farmland in other Midwest… Read More
Agriculture
26 AGs urge Supreme Court to reverse California’s agricultural animal confinement law(The Center Square) – Attorneys general from 26 states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower-court decision upholding a California law banning the raising or importing pork,… Read More
Agriculture
Ohio group joins fight against California’s livestock regulations(The Center Square) – An Ohio group joined the fight against a California proposition that it believes imposes illegal regulations on the pork industry across the country. The Buckeye Institute, a… Read More
Agriculture, State Government
Farmers will receive 150% of land value under new Missouri eminent domain law(The Center Square) – Utility companies and governments acquiring agricultural or horticultural land through eminent domain will be required to pay 150% of the fair market value… Read More