…statement to discuss the importance of the program. “SNAP is one of the most impactful programs that we work on in this committee. It is the nation’s largest anti-hunger program….
NRCS Seeking Proposals for On-Farm Trials by June 1
…the Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) program to support modern approaches to conservation. NRCS State Conservationist in California, Carlos Suarez told AgNet West that the agency partners with a variety of…
Finding Trends in Food Production
…a 70% increase in food production, without additional land or natural resources. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land of Ours program here. Finding Trends in Food Production Sabrina Halvorson National…
Week in Review: Ag Export Solutions Sought & NEPA Revision Concerns Farmers
…and the negative impact it will have on agriculture. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is inviting organizations to submit cooperative agreement proposals. Label directions serve as…
Add Years to Your Life Eating the Right Diet
…Healthy Life Calculator. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land of Ours program here. Add Years to Your Life with the Right Diet Sabrina Halvorson National Correspondent / AgNet Media, Inc….
Boosting the Nutritional Bounty of Carrots and Onions
…growers and improved nutritional health for consumers. By USDA Agricultural Research Service Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land of Ours program here. Boosting the Nutritional Bounty of Carrots and Onions…
NRCS Seeks Cooperative Agreement Proposals to Further Conservation Efforts
…more farmers and ranchers and forest stewards into our conservation programs, and implementation of conservation practices through the array of Farm Bill programs that we have in the state.” Cooperative…
Feral Swine in America: USDA-APHIS Goes to Georgia
…which chronicles feral swine’s impact on Americans’ livelihoods through damage to agricultural and natural resources, to increase public awareness. The National Feral Swine Damage Management Program was established in 2014…
Beef Sustainability Campaign Reaches 96 Million Consumers
…to Randall Weiseman’s This Land of Ours program here. Beef Sustainability Campaign Reaches 96 Million Consumers Sponsored Content Let’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection For Those Beef On Dairy Animals –…
Growing Matters: Following Label Directions is the First Part of Protecting Pollinators
…that piece of information you have everything that you need at your fingertips as far as effective use, use directions, and most importantly stewardship and the things that you can…
Emphasizing the Need to Call 811 before Digging
…Listen to Randall Weiseman’s This Land of Ours program here. Emphasizing the Need to Call 811 before Digging https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe-iknpYzF8&t=2s A farmer shares his first-hand experience of encountering a petroleum pipeline…
Week in Review: EPA Addresses Pesticide Approval Process & Bird Flu Outbreak Hits 27 Million
…full exemption. The funding support comes from the Specialty Crop Multi-State Program from USDA. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to receive all of the biggest headlines in agriculture every week….
Livestock Producers Impacted by Drought or Wildfire Receive Payments
…the 2021 Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP). Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Zach Ducheneaux told AgNet Media’s Randall Weiseman that the new Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) was developed as…
USDA Makes Earth Day Investment of Nearly $800 Million in Climate-Smart Infrastructure
…and make energy-efficiency improvements. The Department is making the investments under the Electric Loan Program and the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). Through REAP, the Department is helping 157 rural businesses and…