New Regulations for Groundwater Management

Taylor HillmanGeneral

assistance to help local agencies develop their plans. In some parts of the San Joaquin Valley, groundwater levels are reaching record lows—up to 100 feet lower than previous records. In…

Conserve Energy and Save Costs

DanEnergy, Industry News Release

…use to agricultural producers and rural small businesses throughout Pennsylvania. In Athens, Ohio, the Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council will use a $100,000 Renewable Energy Development Assistance grant to conduct…

$10 Million in Green Energy Research

DanEnergy, Industry News Release

…genomic research on bioenergy feedstock crops, to development of biofuel conversion processes and costs/benefit estimates of renewable energy production. Through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), USDA is incentivizing more…

Grants Available for SWEEP Assistance, Training

DanGeneral

…USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to achieve the mutual objective of providing technical assistance to SWEEP applicants. Technical assistance workshops that provide hands-on application assistance are critical to the success…

Farmers Check Impact of Spring Storms

Taylor HillmanEnvironment, Weather

…have crop insurance, and cautioned that failure to report the information right away could jeopardize the crop insurance indemnity. Farmers who have Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage must…

Resource to Help Food Hubs

DanGeneral, Industry News Release

…control costs. Part of a multi-volume series published by USDA Rural Development, the report provides technical assistance for food hubs at different stages of development. For example, it gives beginning…