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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
There are new signs of division on the Senate Agriculture Committee when it comes to climate change. The committee’s top Republican, John Boozman, told members of the National Cotton Council Thursday that funding to address climate change could come out of existing farm bill programs.
Conservation officials in California have outlined 10 conservation practices with high potential for benefits that will receive priority incentive payments.
To better understand issues and solutions involving water availability in the Western United States, USDA’s Natural Resources Convention Service (NRCS) will be hosting virtual “listening sessions” next Thursday and Friday for producers and other members of the public.
Leading farm groups united with two major environmental groups to release on Tuesday more than 40 policy proposals aimed at helping farmers benefit economically from reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions while helping growers become more resilient amid climate change.
The Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service plans to roll out $13 million in funding to help producers on private working lands better conserve water resources in coordination with investments made by water suppliers.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service is on its way to filling positions needed to deliver technical assistance and other services to farmers across the country, but still has a ways to go, NRCS Acting Chief Kevin Norton told the House Agriculture Committee Thursday.
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service announced Tuesday that it will distribute $25 million in grants created in the 2018 farm bill to 14 projects across the country.
The Agriculture Department is making changes to eligibility rules for commodity programs that could make it more challenging for some family members involved in farm operations to qualify for government payments.
After 35 years at the Californian Department of Food and Agriculture, Dale Woods retires from the agency and AgBiome hires Jason Kuhlemeier as vice president of marketing.
