AgribusinessThree family farms in Croatia's Varaždin County are turning traditional crops into processed foods and protected regional products, Farmer's Weekly found on a visit in September.
Advisers from Desjardins set out the steps of farm succession, from a shared family vision to tax planning and a timeline, in a talk filmed at the Great Ontario Yield Tour.
AgribusinessUS agritourism earned $1.26 billion in 2022, up 12% from 2017, and three family farms in Georgia, Indiana and Pennsylvania describe how pick-your-own fruit, pumpkins and animal encounters became their main business.
AgribusinessSmall family farms were 86% of all farms but produced 17% of output, while large family farms, 5% of farms, produced half; nonfamily farms' share of production fell to 14% from 17%.
Families can raise chickens on little space, labour and money to meet their needs for eggs and meat and earn extra income; guidance on house size, floor litter and sourcing birds for a small farm.
OpinionTim Gibbons and Dena Hoff say investors buying land to rent back to farmers are creating a non-farming landlord class, and back the Farmland for Farmers Act.
AgribusinessIn a letter to Andy Burnham, the alliance's chairman Lord Herbert puts the reforms to agricultural and business property relief at the top of a list of rural grievances, backed by polling on rural voters.
National Farmers Union brought nearly 250 family farmers and ranchers to Washington for its annual Legislative Fly-In, visiting every congressional office to demand an updated safety net, stronger competition rules, mandatory country-of-origin labelling and new domestic markets.
