…policies for prescribed burns can prevent wildfires and bring other improvements to California. Tune in for these news stories, interviews, features, and more. Listen to previous AgNet News Hour episodes……
Catastrophic Losses Ahead After Texas Wildfires
Catastrophic losses from the Texas wildfires. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Heavy smoke crossing a road on the Smokehouse Creek Fire on the afternoon of February 27,…
USDA Investing in Western Wildfire Reduction
…a billion dollars to expand efforts to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. “This will continue our work in terms of hazardous fuel reduction, prescribed burn, and other treatments,” Agriculture…
Final ERP Payments Being Distributed by USDA
…Assistance Act and the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act have played pivotal roles in providing financial support to producers affected by wildfires, droughts, hurricanes, and other eligible disasters. Enrollment for…
ERP 2022 Providing More Than $3 Billion to Producers
…facing financial losses from crop yield and value reductions caused by disasters like wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and more can apply for assistance through the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) 2022. In…
Milk Loss Assistance Available for Producers Impacted by Natural Disasters
…for operations that dumped milk as a result of disaster events including wildfires, winter storms, excessive heat, freeze, floods, and hurricanes. Impacts of smoke exposure also qualify producers for the…
California FAIR Plan Expansion Awaits Governor Newsom’s Signature
…resort. It has become increasingly more important over the past decade with California experiencing historic wildfires and many farming operations encountering difficulty in obtaining insurance coverage. “Farmers and ranchers have…
Ag Lenders Donate to Hawaii Relief Efforts
…rural banking partner CoBank, and The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, also known as Farmer Mac, are donating $40,000 to Maui Food Bank to help aid during the devastating wildfires that…
Farm Bureau Analysis: 2022 Crop Losses Top $21 Billion
…or did not qualify under an existing risk management program. Drought and wildfires alone accounted for over $20.4 billion in total crop losses, with the remaining $1.08 billion linked to…
Details of Climate-Smart Agriculture Investments from IRA
…most arid landscapes. Assistance delivered through these water-related strategies also helps build resilience to climate-change impacts such as droughts, wildfires and floods. Many of the resilience-focused activities and systems are…
Representative David Scott on Climate and Agriculture
…droughts, wildfires, temperature extremes, and altered patterns of pest pressure exacerbated by climate change. Unfortunately, this has only increased as natural disasters and changing weather conditions continue to impact our…
USDA to Provide $6 Billion in Natural Disaster Assistance to Producers
…designed to offset crop yield and value losses that producers have suffered as a result of natural disasters including wildfires, excessive heat, smoke exposure, and qualifying drought. Existing Federal Crop…
USDA Makes Earth Day Investment of Nearly $800 Million in Climate-Smart Infrastructure
…droughts, more frequent wildfires, and more destructive and life-threatening storms,” Vilsack said. “When we invest in infrastructure in rural communities, we are investing in our planet, and we’re also investing…
Additional Payments for Livestock Producers Affected by Drought and Wildfire
The USDA has announced additional funds for livestock producers who were affected by wildfires and droughts. USDA Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation, Robert Bonnie spoke with AgNet Media to…