…providing producers with $2.5 billion in financial assistance, nearly $1 billion more than provided by the old Milk Income Loss Contract program during the same period. The Margin Protection Program…
Exemption Granted for PSHB Management
…develop the application for this emergency exemption. We gratefully acknowledge all of their assistance. The Commission will continue to do everything in our power to help growers find solutions to…
Veteran Serves Escondido Ag Community
…quality. These goals are all areas where NRCS’ science-based conservation methods can help. Through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, NRCS offers organic conservation assistance to help farmers improve soil health…
Climate Change Bill Moves Forward
…they provide specific strategies to accomplish that.” The proposed program would provide support such as loans, grants, research, technical assistance, educational materials and outreach to farmers whose management practices contribute…
Agri View: SNAP Fraud
…Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and make sure the program is targeted towards those families who need it the most. USDA aggressively acts to control trafficking by using SNAP purchase…
High Tunnel System Initiative
…support eligibility to be considered for financial assistance through EQIP. Information about how to apply for assistance through EQIP and deadlines specific to the available application periods for each state,…
Near Normal Snowpack in Most of the West
…Zukiewicz. “This helped a lot of producers qualify for assistance in areas with lingering designations of D2 and above.” The water supply forecast, typically issued monthly from January to May,…
Grants to Help Ag Producers Increase Value of Their Products
…submitted through grants.gov are due June 24, 2016. Additional information and assistance is available through the USDA Rural Development Office serving your county. Since 2009, USDA has awarded 1,126 Value-Added…
Conserving Water in California
…of emergency. The Energy Department’s State Energy Program provides funding and technical assistance to energy offices in states and U.S. territories to advance local clean energy priorities while contributing to…
The Homeless Garden Project in Santa Cruz
…Cruz student Ryan Hutchison. Rich Casale, NRCS district conservationist, provides assistance to Chris Omer, farm manager, Homeless Garden Project, Santa Cruz, CA. NRCS photo. HGP runs a Community Supported Agriculture…
Agri View: Feral Hog Efforts
…The department is offering consulting to landowners to help evaluate hog density and recommend possible solutions. Some of the assistance is in the form of matching funds. “If he can…
Red-cedar’s Impact on Prairie Chickens
…USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), provides technical and financial assistance to help ranchers conserve the bird’s habitat while improving working lands. Since 2010, NRCS and conservation partners have worked…
Funding Supports Local Food and Specialty Crops
…direct-to-consumer local food marketing activities through FMPP have provided $60 million in assistance for over 900 projects nationwide since 2009. LFPP has funded over 350 projects totaling nearly $25 million…
Healthier Shopping
…to help participants in the Women, Infants and Children program, or WIC, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, purchase healthier foods. Much of the grant activities…