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Farm Aid is an annual benefit concert held for American farmers. History. On July 13, 1985, before performing "When The Ship Comes In" with Keith Richards and Ron ...
Mar. 15—CONCORD — Agriculture Commissioner Shawn Jasper defended his decision to limit grants under an $8 million crop relief program to farmers who had net losses because of floods and severe ...
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The festival takes place Sept 24 at the Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek with a focus on how family farmers are fighting climate change.
Carolyn Mugar (born c. 1943) is an American activist of Armenian descent, best known for founding the Armenia Tree Project and for serving as the executive director of Farm Aid. She is a prominent member of the Mugar family of Greater Boston .
Farmers demanded relief as the agricultural depression grew steadily worse in the mid-1920s, while the rest of the economy flourished. Farmers had a powerful voice in Congress, and demanded federal subsidies, most notably the McNary–Haugen Farm Relief Bill.
American farmers are hoping that aid to agriculture will be revived as Congress struggles to pass a short-term spending bill that would keep the federal government funded and avert a looming ...
Agribusiness: a display of a John Deere 7800 tractor with Houle slurry trailer, Case IH combine harvester, New Holland FX 25 forage harvester with corn head. An agricultural subsidy (also called an agricultural incentive) is a government incentive paid to agribusinesses, agricultural organizations and farms to supplement their income, manage the supply of agricultural commodities, and ...