Agriculture Policy

Strategy for preserving agriculture divides LAFCo, especially mitigation

24 May 2012

Prospects seem dim for a unanimous decision by members of the Stanislaus County Local Agency Formation Commission on how to best save farmland. At a two-hour hearing Wednesday, all seemed committed to preserving agriculture, an economic backbone for the area, but they disagree on a strategy.

Convention touts leadership, achievements in agriculture

24 May 2012

The New Jersey FFA (Future Farmers of America) concludes its 83rd Convention today at the George H. Cook Campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick.

Like good neighbors, the Buskohls are there

23 May 2012

GRUNDY CENTER --- Mark and Nancy Buskohl have a open-door policy at their farm, especially to teach young people about agriculture.