Farm Management
Urban ag farm to be built at Pittsburgh training center
A Pennsylvania professional career training center has received grant funding to construct an urban agriculture farm and market. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) has awarded Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Bidwell Training Center (BTC) a $500,000 Agricultural... more »
Nutrien Ag Solutions opens new facility at Champaign Innovation Farm
Nutrien Ag Solutions has opened a new facility at its Innovation Farm in Champaign, Illinois, aiming to advance research and technology adoption for growers and retailers. The company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 20... more »
EFI streamlines worker certification program
Equitable Food Initiative (EFI), a workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers and retailers, has instituted a more streamlined approach for its certification process. Building on a decade of experience certifying produce... more »
Preparing for your preparer
This time of year is busy, and one task a grower may have is to schedule meetings with tax professionals. There are advantages to carving out time to work on taxes now instead of in... more »
University of Vermont conducting national agritourism survey
The deadline has been extended for participation in an agritourism survey. Agritourism operators are being encouraged to participate in a national survey on agritourism operations. The University of Vermont (UVM) is conducting a survey to... more »
Court injunction blocks federal rule that could have imprisoned growers
A court injunction has blocked an onerous federal business filing rule that could have sent growers to jail. The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) is commending a federal court’s halting of a federal form business... more »
Hartung Brothers’ is a cucumber powerhouse that has been farming vegetables for 50 years
Marking its 50th year, Hartung Brothers has become a successful grower and shipper of pickling cucumbers through effective practices in disease and pest management, harvest equipment efficiencies and valuing its workers’ ideas. [caption id="attachment_36650" align="alignright"... more »
Farm Bureau warns farmers could face federal fines, jail
Time is ending for thousands of farmers who may face steep fines and possible jail time for failing to file their businesses with the federal government, according to a news release from the Washington, D.C.-based... more »
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