USDA Seeks Public Comment on New Environmental Quality Incentives Program Rule

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…beneficial and cost-effective manner. Resulting conservation and environmental benefits include improved water and air quality, reduced soil erosion and sedimentation, improved energy conservation, improved grazing and forest lands, and created…

USDA Provides $328 Million to Conserve Wetlands and Farmland, Boost Economy

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…recreation and related sectors of the economy. “Conservation easements help farmers and ranchers protect valuable agricultural lands from development, restore lands that are best suited for grazing, and return wetlands…

Drought Lessons from a Sheep Rancher

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…fencing and the rotational grazing, we seem to be doing OK through this drought period.” Ken Tate, a plant sciences professor and a Cooperative Extension rangeland watershed specialist, recently surveyed…

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Provides Six-Month Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress

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…CAT on Crops Used for Grazing: On April 15, RMA issued a guidance document to amend the Special Provisions of Insurance for the annual forage policy. This amendment sets forth…

USDA Announces New Support for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers

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…for new and beginning farmers which will allow routine, prescribed, and emergency grazing outside the primary nesting season on enrolled land consistent with approved conservation plans. Previously, farmers and ranchers…