Farmers today are producing food under pressures that would have been unimaginable to previous generations. Input costs are rising and supply chains are unreliable. Water is scarcer. Weather is less predictable. And for a growing number of farmers — in Sudan, in Ukraine, in Myanmar, in Gaza — the challenge is producing food at all,...
America’s farm economy is facing significant challenges. Agriculture depends on certainty, predictability, access to capital and policies that reflect the realities producers face every day. That’s why the agriculture provisions in the Working Families Tax Cuts package were so important. Congress recognized what farmers and ranchers have been saying for years: we need more farm...
A secret to recovering high numbers of endangered and threatened species lies with the most overlooked among them: plants. Although endangered plants have historically received significantly less investment than endangered animals, 74% of recoveries in the last 5 years have been plants. Simply put, the Endangered Species Act is working for plants to a degree that it isn’t...
Regenerative agriculture has recently become one of the most talked-about concepts in food and farm policy. It’s praised in speeches, debated on panels, and increasingly referenced in federal programs. But amid all the hype, many are asking: What is regenerative agriculture? Field to Market, a non-profit organization representing nearly 200 organizations from all sectors of...
Some of the world’s greatest accomplishments came from American farmers. In 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, dramatically increasing cotton production and fueling economic growth. In 1837, John Deere invented the steel plow, allowing farmers to cut through soil more efficiently. In the 1940s, Norman Borlaug developed methods to increase crop yields and help...
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