…brings the total USDA investment in Farm to School Grants to over $25 million across 350 farm to school projects since the program began in 2013. The grants have been…
Grant Awarded for Studying Livestock Antimicrobials Impact
A $3.1 million grant will fund research studying the impacts of California’s new legislation limiting the use of antimicrobial drugs given to livestock raised in the state. Meat industry publication…
Agri View: Farm Bill Work Continues
…it are ready for the full House. So far, some farmers like what they have seen. Some don’t. That is not unusual. Funding for a vaccine to control Foot and…
Senate Agriculture Committee Approves Farm Bill
…Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) for their leadership in finalizing the measure before the current Farm Bill expires on Sept. 30. Sen. Stabenow helped secure $100 million in additional funding for the…
Senate Farm Bill Receives Stamp of Approval from CFBF
…Bill. “Not only do they have that language that prioritizes mechanization in a few different grant programs, but it also carves out some funding so that those funds will be…
NACD Reacts To Senate Ag Committee Farm Bill Draft
…of the 2018 Farm Bill. Despite budgetary constraints and competing priorities, this bill provides investments into conservation by maintaining overall Conservation Title funding levels. Additionally, the bill increases the Conservation…
Livestock Groups Happy with FMD Funding in Farm Bill
…prepare for an FMD outbreak. But, we do need mandatory funding to make it work.” FMD is an infectious viral disease that affects cloven-hooved animals, including cattle, pigs and sheep;…
FMD Language In Senate Agriculture Panel’s Farm Bill
…and chairman of NPPC’s Farm Bill Policy Task Force. “With a vaccine bank, we’ll finally be able to adequately prepare for an FMD outbreak. But we do need mandatory funding…
FCC Chairman Proposes Rural Healthcare Funding Increase
…would apply the increased cap to the current funding year to “immediately address a critical funding crisis” and enable rural health care providers to continue offering telemedicine services. The order…
USDA Announces $309 Million Investment in Rural Electric Utilities
…will build or improve 1,660 miles of electric line serving rural homes, farms and businesses. USDA is funding infrastructure improvements for utilities in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,…
Bayer Closes Monsanto Acquisition
…Hugh Grant, outgoing Chairman and CEO of Monsanto. “I am proud of the path we have paved as Monsanto and look forward to the combined company helping move modern agriculture…
Agri View: Farm Bill Debate Goes On
…of it will go to funding SNAP. That is the part of the bill that pays for food for poor families. If it takes until February to get the Farm…
USDA Reopens Application Period for Producers Recovering from Cattle Loss, Other Disasters
…programs, including: Removing ELAP’s $20 million fiscal year funding cap, enabling FSA to pay producers’ 2017 applications in full and their 2018 applications as soon as they are approved. Removing…
Ethanol Coalition Sues EPA Over Secretive RFS Waivers
…have estimated in financial disclosures that the exemptions saved them roughly $170 million in costs. The petitioners aren’t challenging the EPA’s authority to grant the waivers. They’re challenging these three…