Building on the success of last year’s program, Farm Credit’s national contributions program proudly announces that Farm Credit will again be sponsoring the Farm Credit VIP Scholarship Program in conjunction with The National Society of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS). Read More »
543,842 Farms with a Beginning Farmer on the Management Team(compiled by the Farm Credit Council from Ag Census data, shown by number of farms per county) Read More »
Do investments in local food systems really have the power to transform communities? That's the underlying question addressed by Harvesting Opportunity, a book recently released through a joint USDA/Federal Reserve effort intended to describe the local food landscape, its many components, and the outlook for constructive solutions. Read More »
When the United States of America was established more than 240 years ago, 13 colonies held 2.5 million people. In this mostly agrarian society, the most citizens were farmers raising livestock from imported stock or crops introduced by the Native Americans – such as maize, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, pumpkins, gourds, squash, watermelons, beans, grapes, berries, pecans, black walnuts, peanuts and maple sugar. Read More »