A workshop examining the relationship between public- and private-sector research and agricultural productivity growth, both in the United States and worldwide, takes place later this month at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Farm Foundation has teamed up with the the National Agriculture Research Extension, Education and Economics Advisory Board for the April 28th workshop, entitled Agricultural Research and …
Farm Foundation Sponsors Food Safety Regulation Forum
Our friends at Farm Foundation are at it again, sponsoring another discussion on the pressing issues facing farmers and those in ag-related businesses. The latest discussion… which always presents both sides of the issues, not just everyone agreeing with what everyone else is saying… will feature the “Future of Food Safety Regulation” on Tuesday, April 7. Presenters will be: * …
Farm Foundation Facilitates Transition to a Bioeconomy Conversation
AgWired.com will be there as the Farm Foundation hosts the next in its series of meetings to talk about what needs to be done for this country… and the world, for that matter… transition to a bioeconomy. In the fourth in the series of “Transition to a Bioeconomy” conferences, our friends at Farm Foundation will facilitate conversation focusing on global …
Farm Foundation Announces 30-Year Challenge Competition
The world faces some serious challenges… as pointed out in a Farm Foundation report released last December (see my post from the Food and Agriculture Policy Summit). That report identifies six major areas of challenges with a role in agriculture’s ability to provide food, feed, fiber and fuel to a growing world: global financial markets and recession; global food security; …
Financial Crisis Starting to Impact Rural Lending
The financial crisis that has gripped many of the urban areas of the country is now spreading out to the rural parts of America. And that is bad news (obviously)… and actually some good news. Attendees of the Farm Foundation’s Food and Agriculture Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. heard from a panel looking at the risks and challenges facing American …
Infrastructure Challenges for Rural America
Rural America’s infrastructure challenges cut to the heart of the six challenges outlined during this morning’s session of the Farm Foundation’s Food and Agriculture Policy Summit being held in Washington, D.C. As you might remember from my earlier post, this morning, Farm Foundation Pres. Neil Conklin outlined the six major areas of challenges facing agriculture over the next 30 years: …
U.S. Farmland Being Lost at Alarming Rate
America is losing rural farm and forest land… some of it the best farmland in the world… at an alarming rate, the equivalent of losing the entire states of Connecticut and Vermont over a six-year period. Bob Wagner, the Senior Director for Farmland Protection Programs at the American Farmland Trust, spoke to attendees of the Farm Foundation’s Food and Agriculture …
Farm Foundation Talk Turns to Research and Development
One of the really great things about Farm Foundation events is how the group brings together people from divergent backgrounds and points-of-view to freely discuss the issues affecting American Agriculture today. The latest session at the Foundation’s Food and Agriculture Policy Summit it is hosting here in Washington, D.C. is another great example of that. Just a few minutes ago, …
Farm Foundation Talks About Providing Food and Fuel in Growing World
The world’s population will grow by 33 percent by the year 2040, but the amount of farmland to feed and fuel that growing demand won’t have to grow by that same one-third… that’s what attendees at the Farm Foundation’s Food and Agriculture Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. heard this morning. Greg Webb from Archer Daniels Midland gave that optimistic assessment …
Stenholm: Who Will Bailout Farmers?
More fascinating conversation today at the Farm Foundation’s Food and Agriculture Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. as former Rep. Charlie Stenholm is on the stage again leading a discussion on how to restructure agriculture infrastructure. In the spirit of the current talk of whether the government should bailout the American auto industry, Stenholm is asking the question: “Who will bailout …