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The report notes that 11.2 million older adults spent over 30% of their income on housing in 2021, and only 36.5% of eligible households received federal housing assistance.
On the NFU battle bus as farmers take their fight over Labour’s tax raid to MPs. Farming body estimates 70,000 farms to be affected. Tuesday 19 November 2024 23:27, Athena Stavrou. The Country ...
The farmers also want the government to provide pensions to elderly farmers of up to Rs 10,000 per month. Ms Kaur said these are very basic demands that the government has continued to ignore ...
The percentage of Americans who live on a farm diminished from nearly 25% during the Great Depression to about 2% now, [8] and only 0.1% of the United States population works full-time on a farm. As the agribusiness lobby grows to near $60 million per year, [ 9 ] the interests of agricultural corporations remain highly represented.
Farmers work long days alone in an isolated environment during the growing season. They spend the "off-season" making repairs and getting caught up on the work not done during the busy season while preparing for spring planting. For livestock farmers, there is no "off-season" since the animals require daily attention. [25]
Let resident farmers farm without government interference Thank you for publishing Brian Reisinger’s thoughtful Sept. 15 guest essay on the disappearance of 45,000 small farms a year.
John Wesley Boyd Jr. (born September 4, 1965) is an African-American farmer, civil rights activist and the founder of the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA). He owns and operates Boyd Farms, which has 1,500-acre (6.1 km 2) [1] across three farms in Baskerville, Virginia where he grows soybean, corn and wheat and currently raises one hundred and fifty head of beef cattle.
That's why fertilizers, such as potash, are so vital, especially as available, arable land continues to decline. Potash does more than just aid in water retention 1 Thing Farmers Simply Can't Live ...