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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently said it will take more than a single program to stem the tide of U.S. farm bankruptcies.  And he said his latest $3 billion bid to prevent Chapter 12’s, is just one-part of a bigger strategy.  Thousands of ...

USDA head Tom Vilsack says as far as he’s concerned, the star of the show if the America farmer and the Department of Ag is going to do what it can to keep those farmers on the land.  And that assistance, he noted, is coming via the Inflation Reduction Act.     Curr...

The ongoing struggles of farmers took center stage in D.C. this week, as Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack discussed the many challenges growers are facing on and off the farm with Congress. One of the themes of 2022 has been record fuel and fertilizer costs, but will that trend continue into 2023 ...

Despite challenges from the pandemic as well as bad weather, the tide of Chapter 12 bankruptcies appears to have turned. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, higher commodity prices and government support resulted in a year-over-year drop in farm bankruptcies ...

Farm bankruptcies have been steadily declining over recent years. Will that trend continue into 2021? Gary Crawford take a look. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com

The effect of the pandemic on the number and size of U.S. farms is unclear. But, according to Gary Crawford, we do know the number of farms nationwide declined last year. Here in the northwest, Washington loss 100 farms last year, while Oregon and Idaho showed no change ...

Chapter 12 farm bankruptcy filings in 2020 were the third highest over the last decade, but that number was actually a decline. American Farm Bureau Federation Chief Economist John Newton said nationwide, there were 552 Chapter 12 family farm bankruptcies, down 7% from a year earlier ...

According to numbers released by NASS, family farms comprise 96% of all U.S. farms and 82% of the value of all agricultural products sold. Those numbers come from the recently released the data in the 2017 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology report ...

The American Farm Bureau Federation said hundreds of dairy farmers across the U.S. were targeted by lawyers representing Dean Foods in its bankruptcy proceedings. “Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Dean Foods Estate sent out hundreds of letters to dairy producers across the country, demanding that they repay three months’ worth of milk payments they would have received in the three months prior to wh

Last week, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden joined Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders, calling for direct relief for family farmers impacted by the ongoing pandemic. The four says small farmers nationwide have been hit hard by months of closed restaurants, schools and in some locations farmers markets ...