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On tap: $14 billion market for soil carbon and clean water

09/25/19 6:25 AM By Ed Maixner

Conservation advocates, major corporations and farm groups band together to launch a private market to reward soil carbon and clean water.

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Farm Hands on the Potomac: Woodall takes over at NCBA

09/25/19 6:01 AM By Hannah Pagel

Colin Woodall is new NCBA CEO, and Farm Foundation taps a new president and CEO.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: LeGrand tapped to lead USGC

05/08/19 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

The USGC taps its Mexico council director to become the new president and CEO.

Ag research funding delivers big returns, Farm Foundation panel says

09/19/18 4:54 PM By Steve Davies

Private-sector funding of agricultural research has been growing quickly in recent years, but that does not diminish the importance of using public money to support advances in farming, a panel of experts said at a Farm Foundation forum at the National Press Club Wednesday.

Experts say gene editing is a great thing that must still be sold

07/17/18 2:12 PM By Ed Maixner

A Farm Foundation panel agrees that the science of gene editing has arrived, and now the challenge is acceptance.

OECD sees rising farm output, lower income

07/11/18 5:20 AM By Jim Webster

World agricultural production is increasing and demand growth weakening, causing lower real farm prices for the next decade, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Swelling flocks and herds need long-term solutions

01/31/18 6:34 AM By Ed Maixner

The world's accelerating demand for protein foods spells challenges for animal agriculture.

Can non-federal funds bolster farm conservation needs?

11/08/17 6:24 AM By Jim Webster

Policymakers and opinion leaders might want to think about farms and ranches as part of the infrastructure on which the modern economy depends, American Farmland Trust (AFT) President and CEO John Piotti told a Farm Foundation forum in Washington last week.

Rural infrastructure assumes a broader 21st century face

10/04/17 6:30 AM By Ed Maixner

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2017 - The expanding concept of “rural infrastructure” was front and center Tuesday when the Farm Foundation gathered a panel of speakers from the agriculture, transportation and equipment sector.

New ways to spur funding for ag research and innovation?

09/20/17 6:35 AM By Ed Maixner

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- How to expand the sliver of public and private agricultural spending that goes to research and innovation?

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Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D.

This week’s guest on Open Mic is U.S. Senator Mike Rounds. The former South Dakota governor is well aware of the challenges 2019 has presented growers in his state including too much rain, lost markets, and ethanol demand destruction from the EPA’s implementation of the RFS. Rounds offers praise for the farm bill’s risk management tools and trade assistance from the White House and shares concern for a lack of conclusion to the USMCA trade deal. Rounds offers insight into his legislation on meat labeling laws and other challenges coming within the food industry.

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Opinion: Conservation makes economic sense for dairy farmers, even in a weak agricultural economy

U.S. dairy farmers are finally experiencing some price relief after four years of an economic downturn in which many farmers struggled to break even. But ongoing economic pressures will require farmers to leave no stone unturned as they seek to become more resilient.

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