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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, January 27, 2025
The Agriculture Department will be awarding $90 million for 53 projects aimed at developing new technologies and approaches for conservation efforts, Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday.
The Republican National Convention wraps up tonight with Donald Trump’s acceptance speech, which comes amid some continued uncertainty about who will be running against him in November. The big question is what tone he will strike in the wake of his assassination attempt.
The Republican National Convention moves into its third day, with a focus on national security. But we can expect a continued focus on immigration and China as well as the Middle East.
Farm sector debt is increasing, though rising asset values are helping to keep operations solvent, according the Agriculture Department’s Economic Research Service.
An organization born out of concerns about global food security during World War II, has reinvigorated it's mission and outreach under Director General Manuel Otero to become a key player influencing food and farm policy across the Americas.
USDA is spending $110 million to expand meat processing through more than 50 grants for projects in 30 states, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Thursday.
Rural schools and county governments are struggling to parse out their budgets next year amid the looming expiration of federal funding meant to help offset the loss of their tax revenue from public lands.
The Agriculture Department will compensate dairy farmers for 90% of the value of milk production lost due to the H5N1 virus through use of its Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish Program, or ELAP.
Farmers fear a proposed rule would limit them from using land on National Wildlife Refuges for agricultural purposes, though some environmental advocates are lauding the measure as a way to protect these wildlife habitats from the impacts of climate change.
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