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Balanced Reporting. Trusted Insights.
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
In this opinion piece, Louisiana row-crop farmer David Smith says Congress urgently needs to pass a new farm bill that adequately funds conservation programs.
In this opinion piece, Brad Hunter, a farmer in northwest Indiana, highlights the benefits of using climate-friendly agriculture techniques and says lawmakers should protect funding for these practices.
In this opinion piece, Adam Putnam, CEO of Ducks Unlimited, highlights why the world’s largest non-profit dedicated to conserving North America’s wetlands and waterfowl habitat supports the voluntary, incentive-based policies included in the House farm bill’s conservation title.
In this opinion piece, Jamie Clark, President and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, says Congress must allocate sufficient funds for wildlife conservation to prioritize healthy, biodiverse habitats and combat the effects of climate change.
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has $1.3 million to spend in California as part of initiatives to conserve sage grouse and the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher.
While thousands of producers line up for government assistance through CSP and the Environmental Quality Incentives Program each year, less than one-third have historically been able to get in. And that trend continued in 2023, despite both programs collectively being infused with $500 million in additional funding that year through the Inflation Reduction Act.
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.
Lawmakers say they’re far from reaching agreement on a new farm bill, but farmers and consumers needn’t fear. The prospect of $10-a-gallon milk next year likely will ensure that Congress passes some kind of extension of the 2018 farm bill by early 2024.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service is extending the comment period on its proposed rule for a voluntary “Product of USA” labeling claim on meat until June 11 after receiving requests from the North American Meat Institute and the government of Canada.
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