03/25/2025 SOURCE: www.agproud.com
Declining Agricultural Representation in Idaho’s Legislature
Idaho’s legislature has seen a steep decline in members with agricultural backgrounds, dropping from 50% in 1985 to around 20% today. This shift reflects broader national trends, where urban influence is growing, and farmers face greater challenges getting elected due to time, money, and aggressive political campaigns. Though legislators unfamiliar with agriculture are often willing to learn, their ideologies can sometimes impede progress on critical issues like water management and livestock inspection fees. Experts urge farmers and ranchers to engage directly with legislators, offering farm tours and building relationships to ensure agriculture’s concerns are represented and understood in policymaking.
Are your state representatives farmers or ranchers? Does your state senator come from a career in ag? Does anyone from your legislative district even have ties to production agriculture? According to Doug Jones, state representative from 1985-2005, for the 2025 session, he counts around 20 members of both houses as agriculturalists.
Number of farmers and ranchers serving in legislature declining
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03/25/2025 SOURCE: m.farms.com
Read The Corn-Soybean Ratio and Its Potential Impact on Farm Profits in addition to hundreds of recent farming and agriculture news articles. View up to date crop reports, livestock information and ag industry breaking news from farms.com.
The Corn-Soybean Ratio and Its Potential Impact on Farm Profits | Farms.com
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03/24/2025 SOURCE: thefarmersdaughterusa.com
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Did you know that almost 40 percent of all food in the United States goes to waste? Food that is safe to eat, nutritious, and available goes in our collective trash cans. We throw away 133 billion pounds of food each year. It’s a staggering statistic, especially when you consider that some of our neighbors are […]
Yes, the U.S. Grows Enough Food to Feed Itself - The Farmer's Daughter USA
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Topics: Government / Policies, Agriculture US,
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03/24/2025 SOURCE: www.myjoyonline.com
Women contribute to every stage of the agrifood systems, from farming to food processing, trading, and distribution. They are the backbone of our food systems.
Women Agribusiness entrepreneurs deserve support - MyJoyOnline
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03/24/2025 SOURCE: www.swineweb.com
Michael Langemeier and James Mintert, Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture A breakdown on the Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer February results can be viewed at https://purdue.ag/barometervideo. Find the audio podcast […]
Farmer Sentiment Rises As Current Conditions Improve on U.S. Farms - Swineweb.com - Complete Swine News, Markets, Commentary, and Technical Info
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03/17/2025 SOURCE: www.denverpost.com
Colorado could take a more proactive and permanent role in managing the wild horse herds that roam the Western Slope under a bill in the state legislature.
Hundreds of wild horses roam Colorado. Can more state involvement head off helicopter roundups?
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03/17/2025 SOURCE: toxinfreeusa.org
Last month, we asked you to take action urging the U.S. EPA to reject a petition submitted on January 21 from 11 State Attorneys General that would change
Monsanto Protection Act State Pesticide Immunity Bills - GMO / Toxin Free USA
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Topics: Young Farmers, FFA/4-H,
Randolph FFA members promote ag benefits, opportunities to county leaders
LITTLE VALLEY — Career awareness, hands-on experience and advocacy — just some of the many reasons why Randolph FFA members love having an agriculture program in their school.
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