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The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE) announced Thursday that it is accepting proposals for $720,000 worth of Farmer Rancher Sustainable Agriculture grants in several Midwestern states.

USDA will extend the sign-up deadline for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), add additional commodities to the list of those eligible for aid and correct some payment rates.

Legislature wraps up committees * Ag divided over byproducts * Irrigating with manure has benefits * USDA changes course on Food Boxes

Sustainable Conservation has released a report that bolsters support for a new tool for dairies.

A Senate committee will hear more this week about a cleanup measure that has divided the ag industry.

Policy committees in the Legislature will hold their final hearings of the session this week.

Aid impasse enters new week * Key GOP lawmaker warns against revising farm bill

A new study commissioned finds that more than 300,000 acres of rangeland under conservation easements in the state provide up to $1.4 billion in ecosystem benefits.

A federal judge has dismissed a challenge from the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association to the Trump Administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule, leaving the rule in effect in that state.

The Bureau of Reclamation has released its environmental impact statement for raising Shasta Dam, increasing storage capacity by 3%.