Shutterstock image The US orange crop is expected to decline by over 30% to 11.5 million boxes for the 2024-2025 season, reflecting challenges like trade conflicts, climate change, and citrus…
USDA Decides to Delivers on Rural Energy Commitments
…providers and small businesses to refocus their projects on expanding domestic energy production while removing diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) requirements and climate-related mandates from prior proposals. Participants will be required…
AgNet News Hour Thursday, 03-27-25
…on hold due to litigation. The conversation also touched on the removal of DEIA and climate mandates from grant applications. Additionally, the hosts critiqued the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act,…
CalCAN Advocates for a Continuous Allocation of CA GGRF for Agricultural Climate Solutions
DepositPhotos image The California Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN) recently advocated for a continuous 15% allocation of the state’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) for agricultural climate solutions, which could…
AgNet News Hour Friday, 03-14-25
…regulations, including climate-smart agriculture and electric vehicle mandates affecting California by 2031. A genetic mutation of bird flu was identified in four dairy cow herds in San Bernardino, California, raising…
Ag Economy Barometer Rises in February
…4 points above November’s reading, which was taken just after the fall election. The February index was also the most positive reading of the investment climate provided by farmers since…
AgNet News Hour Thursday, 02-27-25
…a group of farmers files a lawsuit against the USDA. The lawsuit addresses the Trump administration’s deletion of decades-worth of climate change data, a crucial source of information for agricultural…
CDFA Office of Farm to Fork Accepting Grant Applications
…of April 14. The program aims to award up to $130 million in competitive grants to develop and expand community food hubs, increasing the purchase of local, climate-smart, and nutritious…
American Agriculture History Minute: Ohio Early Corn Production Leader
…Farmers in southern Ohio also had the climate to raise tobacco, a highly sought-after crop believed to have many medicinal qualities. That’s today’s American Agriculture History Minute. I’m Mark Oppold….
Project Apis m Promotes Cover Crops for Pollinator Health
…Almond Conference. Brett LeDuc, Climate Smart Habitat Manager, highlighted the program’s mission to enhance pollinator habitats and soil health in agricultural systems. “We give away free cover crops to growers,”…
President Trump Overturns Electric Vehicle Mandate
…raises questions about the future of climate-smart Ag programs in Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. One of those is the 45 Z tax credit to incentivize sustainable aviation fuel, as Trump…
Interim Rule on Technical Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture Crops Used as Biofuel Feedstocks Announced
…Crops Used as Biofuel Feedstocks Announced Technical Guidelines for Climate-Smart Agriculture Crops Used as Biofuel Feedstocks-7CFR2100_FINAL_1_15Download Guidelines will facilitate the recognition of climate-smart agriculture within clean transportation fuel programs, creating…
AgNet News Hour Monday, 01-20-25
…technical guidelines on climate-smart agriculture crops used as biofuel feedstocks. The discussion covers the 45Z clean fuel production credit, its implications, and its aim to promote sustainable farming practices such…
AgNet News Hour Monday, 01-06-25
…costs exacerbated by geopolitical events, ongoing supply chain pressures, and the impact of climate change. They also touch upon shifting consumer preferences towards plant-based proteins, vertical farming, and the impacts…