Tackling Farm Labor Shortages

Tackling Farm Labor Shortages

ICYMI: One of the largest issues the agricultural industry faces is labor shortages. And those problems have persisted, even as the Covid-19 crisis has subsided.    A bipartisan group of House representatives are trying to address the issue by focusing on the...
Tech Adoption Up for Ag

Tech Adoption Up for Ag

ICYMI: The latest Ag Census is out. Good news – Bushel gave us their recap of agricultural demographics and trends.   Bushel (a software tech company that spends its days developing digital tools for the agriculture supply chain) released its annual State...
Land Access Needs TIPped

Land Access Needs TIPped

The next generation of farmers is struggling to secure land. It turns out that “living offa the fatta the lan’” (thank you, Lennie; Of Mice and Men) isn’t that easy when you can’t even get the land in the first place.   Enter LAPIs: These are land...
EPA Announces New Office

EPA Announces New Office

The EPA made an announcement last week, and for once, it wasn’t about a new regulation.   Michael Regan, EPA Administrator, announced the formation of a new office for the EPA, one for Agriculture and Rural Affairs.    In his announcement at Commodity...