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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Interested parties have about two-and-a-half weeks to offer input on the best approaches for the California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program’s request for applications.
A crop insurance policy that was supposed to ensure cotton growers could make do without traditional commodity programs never fulfilled its promise after hitting the market in 2015. But amid sky-high market prices and input costs this year, southern farmers say buying the policy is looking more and more like a no-brainer.
Producers, lawmakers, and administration staffers all agree on the benefits of the technical assistance provided by Agriculture Department conservation officials. The only issue is getting the funding – and the people – to make it happen.