USDA Announces Programs to Conserve Sensitive Land and Help Beginning Farmers

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that farmers, ranchers and landowners committed to protecting and conserving environmentally sensitive land may now sign up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). The …

Key Agriculture Componet Added to Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Awards

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For the first time in the history of the Governor’s Economic and Leadership Awards (GEELA), the category of Agricultural Ecosystem Services has been added for statewide recognition by the California …

AFBF: EPA Greenhouse Gas Plan Harmful to Economy, Agriculture

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WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 2014—The Environmental Protection Agency’s latest greenhouse gas proposal will harm the nation’s economy, rural communities and America’s farm and ranch families if implemented, the American Farm …