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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
The Natural Resources Conservation Service has unveiled a new computer application that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to forecast and support better water management practices in the West.
A private-lands project that aims to improve conditions for threatened coho salmon in California is getting an $8 million boost from the Regional Conservation Partnership Program.
USDA is putting $75 million into 15 projects around the country that are led by private organizations or state governments and can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide other environmental benefits.
The Department of Agriculture is in touch with Capitol Hill as Democratic leaders work to craft legislation that has the potential to funnel more money into the farm bill and expand the number of producers who could receive funding and assistance for government conservation programs.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service is investing up to $50 million nationally in cooperative agreements to support historically underserved farmers and ranchers with climate-smart agriculture and forestry projects.
Agri-Pulse is hosing a free webinar, “Future directions: Exploring farmers' climate-smart tools,” on September 10, 2021, at 11 a.m. CT. This event is sponsored by the Water Grows Initiative.
The Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is offering more than $41 million in funds meant to soften the blow of drought in California, Colorado, Oregon and Arizona.
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he plans to nominate Homer Wilkes, the current director of the Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Restoration Division of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, as USDA's undersecretary for natural resources and environment.