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How Climate Change is Affecting Our Farmers – The Challenges
The success of farms and ranches has always been impacted by the whims of the weather. Variability from year to year in rainfall and temperature…
Resilience of American Agriculture: Innovation, Diversity, & Growing Markets
The drought of 2012 is the most serious to impact U.S. agriculture since 1988. The illustrations help show the resiliency of the US agriculture…
What Factors Impact Food Prices? Part 2
In today’s world of 24 hours news and possible calamities around every corner, consumers need to understand how the different factors actually affect food prices…
What Produce Digs Dry Weather?
This summer saw drought devastate crops from one side of the country to the other. Farmers from the mid-Atlantic thru the Midwest and down into…
Day of Prayer for Those Affected by Drought
This Thursday, Aug. 23, the American Farm Bureau Federation will be asking Americans to remember the many individuals and families facing severe struggles due to…
Arizona Farm Bureau Releases New Set of Strategies for Arizona Families to Stretch Their Food Dollars in Light of Midwest Drought
In light of recent food prices and anticipated future price increases due to widespread drought in the Midwest and other factors, Arizona Farm Bureau releases…
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