family farms

Ask many in the Washington farm community, and they’ll tell you those not connected with the agriculture community not only don’t know what is taking place on today’s farm, they also don’t care. Statistic show fewer and fewer Americans are connected with farming on a personal level, which supporters of farm country say is evident when you look at legislative decisions being made on the state and

Intermediary lenders can now apply for loans through the new Heirs’ Property Relending Program, known as HPRP. The Department of Agriculture is accepting applications through October 29th, and cooperatives, credit unions and nonprofit organizations are encouraged to apply for the competitive loans. The ...

The USDA says it will be investing up to $1 billion into the Emergency Food Assistance Program to help support and expand the emergency food network. The goal is to help food banks and local organizations serve their communities more reliably when the need arises ...

May has come and gone, but that does not mean the issue of mental health is done for another year. The Farming community used last month, National Mental Health Awareness Month, to highlight the growing challenges of mental health struggles in the farming community ...

President Biden’s nominee for Treasury’s tax policy chief got asked this week about the Administration’s proposal to end the stepped-up basis on family farms and replace it with a capital gains transfer tax. “In terms of the treatment of family farms and businesses, as I understand it, reading the proposal, it would delay any tax due for any family farms and businesses until it was no longer owned

Oregon's Bounty Farm Stand Guide, created by the state Farm Bureau, is now available. OFB said the guide was established to serve as a tool for consumers to find local family farms and ranches that sell food and foliage directly to the public. The OFB’ ...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says President Biden’s proposed new capital gains tax at death would be devastating for cattle producers. NCBA’s Danielle Beck said the taxes proposed to pay for massive infrastructure and social spending “threaten the viability” of family farming and cattle operations,  especially a new tax on capital gains at death that ends the ‘stepped-up basis’. “Tha

Ask the American Farm Bureau Federation, they’ll tell you a proposal to eliminate the stepped-up basis in agriculture would have a costly impact on farmers nationwide. AFBF chief economist John Newton said tax policy is important in helping farmers pass their operations on to future generations. ...

The nation’s dairy industry has changed a great deal over the past two decades. Farms are larger in scale, with more cows, and with advancements in technology, dairy cattle breeders are focusing more on improving herd genetics and performance than ever before. Mil ...

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 ...