…to help us stabilize our changing climate,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “By capturing greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere and storing them underground, through the assistance of living plants…
USDA Invests in Innovative Conservation Partnerships
…projects, bringing together more than 2,000 conservation partners who have committed an estimated $1.4 billion in financial and technical assistance. By 2018, NRCS and its partners, including Indian tribes, nonprofit…
Alternate Asian Trade Pact Gains Traction
…have come to agreements on several specifics within the deal, some of which include protections, small enterprise assistance, and competition policy. Some details that still aren’t resolved include intellectual property…
NFU Board Calls on Congress to Assist Struggling Dairy Producers
…nation’s dairy sector. NFU’s Board of Directors released a resolution calling on legislators to provide the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) the authority to provide direct assistance to struggling producers,…
Canada Approves Funds for Ranchers Affected by Bovine TB
Ranchers in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada can now apply to access financial assistance to cope with an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis. The outbreak is forcing the slaughter of an estimated…
USDA Boosts Healthy Food Access
…increase access to healthy food choices for participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The provisions in this rule require SNAP authorized retail establishments to offer a larger inventory…
Continuing Resolution Includes FSA Loan Funding
…Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, which covers 11 of the 12 annual appropriations bills, will maintain government operations at a rate of $1.07 trillion through April 28th, 2017….
USDA: No Cotton Storage Deficit
…marketing assistance loan in specifically designated outside areas. For further information contact Paul Rodriguez at 816-926-6662 or email Paul.Rodriguez@kcc.usda.gov. USDA works to strengthen and support American agriculture, an industry that…
Past, Present, and Future of SNAP
…committee’s two-year review of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Committee members heard from 60 witnesses in 16 hearings over the course of the review known as the Past, Present,…
Senate to Consider WRDA Conference Report
…assistance for families in Flint, Michigan who have been impacted by lead poisoning within the water system, according to the Hagstrom Report. However, Michigan Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow said she…
Survey Shows Little Assistance from Farm Bill Dairy Program
A survey of dairy farmers in Wisconsin shows the 2014 Farm Bill’s Dairy Margin Protection Program has offered little relief to dairy operations. The results of the survey were released…
World Soil Day: Celebrating the Magic Beneath
…are available for farmers interested in building healthier soil. The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service offers technical assistance as well as payments through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to…
Canada Ranchers Under Quarantine to Receive Federal Funding
…Alberta cattle industry “in the coming days” on program details. Funding for what will be called the 2016 Bovine Tuberculosis Assistance Initiative is still pending final authorization, but will start…
CA State Plan: Make Water Conservation A Way of Life
…watering lawns. Technical assistance and financial incentives for water suppliers to implement leak prevention, detection, and repair programs. Collecting information about innovative water conservation and water loss detection and control…