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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Alyssa Charney now serves as the director for lands and climate-smart agriculture in the climate policy office at the White House and Adam Hodge will be moving to the National Security Council on a detailed assignment as the acting senior director for press and spokesperson.
The Agriculture Department is working with groups involved in the $3.1 billion Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program to provide flexibility to farmers on how they plant cover crops, in order to ensure enough farmers sign up for the projects.
A Mississippi state legislator who is a lifelong farmer and a project manager experienced in wastewater management has been appointed assistant chief of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.
A landmark use of USDA farming data shows that cover crops and no-till practices can make a significant difference in whether growers can get their crops planted in wet years.
USDA is releasing the first $850 million in conservation program funding from the $18 billion provided by the Inflation Reduction Act to ramp up the adoption of climate-smart farming practices.
Natural Resources Conservation Service offices in states like California are gearing up to take in a surge of Inflation Reduction Act funding centered around the conservation programs they operate.
The likely next chair of the House Ag Committee says the next farm bill needs to bolster the existing programs used by farmers to manage risk and lessen the need on ad hoc assistance.
A contingent of Republicans from the prairie pothole region want to prohibit federal agencies from entering into permanent conservation easement agreements with landowners, putting an expiration date on contracts that otherwise would last forever.
