family farm

It’s an uncomfortable conversation that doesn’t take place in the farming community nearly enough.  Succession planning.   Joel Packham with the University of Idaho said farmers don’t like to talk about what may happen to the operation after they pass.  But he noted a lack of open an...

Agriculture is the seventh-most-hazardous industry in the United States, but ranch operators can take steps to make their working facilities and equipment safer for their staff and families.  Recently Noble Research Institute and the U.S. Roundt...

Washington wheat ambassador Cady Zellmar talks about how growing up on a farm outside of Davenport molded her into the person she is today. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia... Read More ...

Audrey Godfrey, the 2020-2021 Idaho FFA Treasure, says between her family connections and personal passion, farming is just who she is. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia... Read More ...

With lawsuits filed and more pending against dairies across Washington for retroactive overtime from the past three years, more and more concern is starting to mount regarding the long-term impact these suits could have on the state’s farm industry. Kal ...

The Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program is now accepting applications for their 2021 century and sesquicentennial awards. To qualify, the original property has to have been in the same family for 100 or 150 years. Program Coordinator Andrea Kuenzi said the award began back in 1958 to honor Oregon's Ag industry and to start documenting the state's multi-generational farms. S ...

According to the most recent edition of the USDA's America's Diverse Family Farms report, 98% of U.S. farms are family farms, and they account for 87% of farm production.  USDA Researcher Chris Burns added small farms make up 89% of the total farm count, and operate half the farmland in the U.S.  ...

According to the most recent edition of the USDA's America's Diverse Family Farms report, 98% of U.S. farms are family farms, and they account for 87% of farm production.  USDA Researcher Chris Burns added small farms make up 89% of the total farm count, and operate half the farmland in the U.S.  ...

Nearly all farms in the U.S. are designated as family farms, according to new data by the USDA.  Researchers found that in 2015, farms designated as family farms accounted for 99% of U.S. farms and 89% of production.  On family farms, the principal operators and their relatives, by blood or marriage, own more than half of the business’s assets.   In 201...

A new USDA Report shows 99% of U.S. farms were “family farms” in 2015.   A family farm is classified as a farm where the principal operator and his or her relatives own the majority of the business.  Breaking it down by size, the report shows small family farms, those less than $350,000 in annual gross cash farm income accounted for roughly 90% of U.S. farms, half of all farm...