…risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities…
USDA, Partners Usher In a New Era In Conservation
New Conservation Initiative Goes Beyond Traditional Government Efforts to Allow Businesses, Other Partners to Invest in Regional Conservation Projects BAY CITY, Mich., May 27, 2014–Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today joined…
USDA Launches New Resources at ChooseMyPlate.gov to Help Cost-Conscious Consumers Make Healthier Food Choices
…on the table. Through programs such as the Healthy Incentives Pilot and grants to increase access to SNAP at farmers markets, SNAP provides low-income families with expanded access to healthy…
USDA Video: Venture Conservationist -USDA’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program
USDA announces a new approach to conservation — a partnership program to recruit new partners and leverage additional investments for conservation projects in local communities….
A Partnership to Improve Rural Economies
Rod Bain USDA’s Rural Development works with rural electric cooperatives to provide loans and grants for local economic development projects. Rod Bain reports. A Partnership to Improve Rural Economies…
What Role Does Innovation Research Play in the Bio-Economy?
As the bio-economy expands, innovative products and processes created from biomass are important components. Susan Carter has the report. What Role Does Innovation Research Play in the Bio-Economy?…
USDA’s NRCS Putting Measures in Place to Help Farmers and Ranchers
Susan Carter Public Affairs Specialist USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is putting measures in place to help farmers and ranchers preserve and maintain farm land. Susan Carter has this story….
USDA’S Conservation Soil Health Campagin
…USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is putting measures in place to help farmers and ranchers preserve and maintain farm land. Susan Carter has the report. USDA’S Conservation Soil Health Campagin…
Yearly Survey Shows Better Results for Pollinators, but Losses Remain Significant
…personnel from ten Department agencies (Agricultural Research Service, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Farm Services Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Economic Research Service,…
Leopold Conservation Award Nominations Now Being Accepted
Do you know a farmer or rancher in California who is committed to land conservation? You can nominate him or her for the Leopold Conservation Award. Each year the award…
USDA Announces First HLB Funding Allocations, Appointments to Citrus Disease Subcommittee
…to NIFA steadily awarding increased grants from $878,000 in FY 2009 up to $10.4 million in FY 2012. Since 2006, the USDA has cumulatively invested more than $300 million on…
2014 Conservation Easement Applications for Agricultural Lands Due June 6
DAVIS, Calif., May 9, 2014 – The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is now accepting applications for Agricultural Land Easements (ALE) through the new Agricultural Conservation Easements Program (ACEP)….
Ag Sec. Vilsack Announces Continued Progress on 2014 Farm Bill Implementation
…will be submitted to Congress the week of May 5, 2014. Conservation Programs: Applications are currently being accepted for the Conservation Stewardship Program and Environmental Quality Incentives Program. TITLE III…
NRCS Chief on CA Drought
Jason Weller, NRCS Chief AgNet West owner Gary Cooper is in Washington D.C. this week, where he talked with National Resources Conservation Service Chief, Jason Weller, about the drought in…