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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, August 17, 2024
The Agriculture Department paid landowners more than $1.77 billion in 2023 for the more than 23 million acres of private land in the Conservation Reserve Program.
Amid the turmoil on Capitol Hill, a top USDA official tells Agri-Pulse that Congress must pass a budget in order for the department to help lawmakers write a new farm bill.
Colorado River water users are divided over how to reduce water consumption following the expiration of current guidelines in 2026, with some calling for declines to be distributed evenly across all users and others seeking decreases based on water rights seniority.
Eleven farm-state Republican lawmakers from the Senate and House are asking the Commerce Department to reverse a preliminary decision that would significantly raise the countervailing duty on Russian phosphate fertilizer.
The chaos among House Republicans isn’t the only hurdle facing a new farm bill. Senate Republican Whip John Thune, R-S.D., says the Senate Ag Committee remains divided over key issues, including what to do about the major commodity programs.
Agricultural productivity continues to fall below the needed targets to meet the global demands of feeding nearly 10 billion people by 2050 as outlined by the latest Global Agricultural Productivity report.
Applications for fiscal 2023 funding under USDA's Regional Conservation Partnership Program are seeking $2.2 billion, more than four times the $500 million available, according to a slide presentation obtained by Agri-Pulse.
The Agriculture Department's Risk Management Agency is launching a new crop insurance program for controlled-environment agriculture that will become available in the 2024 crop year.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service on Thursday added new activities to its list of practices that qualify for Inflation Reduction Act funding through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the Conservation Stewardship Program in 2024.
The Agriculture Department is working to update its system for tracking agricultural land leases and purchases to appease lawmaker demands, but staffing and funding limitations have limited the agency to "low-cost" options, a department official told the Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday.