Local farms see sales skyrocket via Facebook

05/20/20 2:00 PM By Sara Wyant

At least one Facebook local farms group is growing exponentially, with over 123,000 members.

This week’s Open Mic guest is Tom Gallagher, CEO of Dairy Management Incorporated. Few commodity groups in the nation have seen greater challenges than dairy farmers over the past several years. The COVID pandemic, higher feed costs, consolidation in the processing industry and drought are just a few of the challenges producers have endured. Yet, prices have stabilized and consumers continue to seek dairy products. Tom Gallagher says the industry is adapting to marketing concepts that reach younger consumers and sharing the dairy message of sustainability to an information thirsty consumer.

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In this opinion piece, Moira Mcdonald with the Walton Family Foundation discusses investing in agriculture through conservation and climate-smart agriculture practices.

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The Environmental Protection Agency officially declared its intent to take another crack at the "Waters of the U.S." issue that has been a major farm policy priority for the last two administrations. Rep. David Rouzer, R-N.C., joins Agri-Pulse to discuss that as well as a lengthy committee markup this week as Congress continues its work on infrastructure legislation.

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