ag advocacy

Future of Farming: We Need More Ag Teachers
Future of Farming: We Need More Ag Teachers
Future of Farming: We Need More Ag Teachers
Hannah McAuliffe, the 2024 Oregon Ag in the Classroom Educator of the Year, discusses how a lack of Ag teachers will likely impact the industry into the future.   If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail glenn.vaag... Read More ...
Hennings: Farm Bill Is High Importance To Us
Hennings: Farm Bill Is High Importance To Us
Hennings: Farm Bill Is High Importance To Us
Conversations about the Farm Bill have been, in many ways, put on the back burner in Washington D.C.  Attention has focused more on tariffs, ag labor and immigration reform.  But Michelle Hennings, Executive Director of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers says its vital that lawmakers focus on passing an update Farm Bill as soon as possible.  She noted not onl...
Future of Farming: Without Advocacy, Ag Gets Hurt
Future of Farming: Without Advocacy, Ag Gets Hurt
Future of Farming: Without Advocacy, Ag Gets Hurt
Idaho 2024-2025 FFA Vice President Josh Nelson talks about the important role advocacy plays at his family's cherry farm.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquaremedia.com ...
Future of Farming: Take That Risk
Future of Farming: Take That Risk
Future of Farming: Take That Risk
The 2024-2025 Oregon state Sentinel Taft Rice says while it can be challenging, he encourages everyone to speak up and advocate for agriculture.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@to...
Modern Ag Alliance Works To Keep Farm Tools Available
Modern Ag Alliance Works To Keep Farm Tools Available
Modern Ag Alliance Works To Keep Farm Tools Available
Elizabeth Burns-Thompson, Executive Director for the Modern Ag Alliance, is leading efforts to advocate for U.S. farmers' continued access to the tools they rely on to grow our food while facing increasing obstacles.   "The list of challenges facing agriculture today is, frankly, growing by the day," she noted.  "J...
Honcoop: Ag Must Continue To Speak Up
Honcoop: Ag Must Continue To Speak Up
Honcoop: Ag Must Continue To Speak Up
As lawmakers in Olympia continue to debate ag labor, ag overtime and potential fixes for both issues, Save Family Farming says it’s vital ag country continues to speak up.  Dillon Honcoop with SFF said it’s an old adage but it’s true, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.  And he said, especially w...
Washington Farming Community Must Advocate In Olympia
Washington Farming Community Must Advocate In Olympia
Washington Farming Community Must Advocate In Olympia
It’s a common story every legislative session in Washington; Olympia just doesn’t understand what farmers go through these days.  And that’s an easy narrative to believe, especially with fewer and fewer Americans having a connection to rural life, let alone agriculture.  But that means the Washin...

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