Ensuring the integrity of child nutrition programs. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Photo by MD Duran on Unsplash U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition…
State-Funded Study Recommends Increasing the Mill Assessment
…pest management. The mill assessment serves as the department’s primary source of funding. The study revealed DPR’s critical underfunding, imperiling essential programs safeguarding people and the environment. Additionally, it pointed…
Cammack Expects Tough Battle for Farm Bill
…programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program (WIC). “You have a very lopsided farm bill every time it comes up…
AgNet Weekly: Sens. Boozman, Cramer, and Hoeven on Farm Bill Issues
…take on specialty crops in the farm bill, and whether conservation programs will become mandatory. Each week we highlight essential legislative and policy conversations affecting agriculture nationwide. Host Sabrina Halvorson…
Financial Assistance Available to Farm Loan Borrowers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced approximately $530 million in additional, automatic financial assistance for qualifying guaranteed Farm Loan Programs (FLP) borrowers who are facing financial risk. The announcement is…
Funding Available for Rural Broadband
…can take steps to move the process along. “One is that even individual unserved homes are eligible this time around. That’s kind of new for these kinds of programs. Reach…
Senator Boozman Says No Mandatory Conservation Programs
Image by Catkin from Pixabay Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator John Boozman (R-AR) doesn’t mince words when it comes to conservation programs in the farm bill. “We…
Nearly $2 Million Available for IPM Research and Outreach
…The recently announced funding is being made possible through the 2024 Research and Alliance Grants programs. More than $26 million in support has been provided through the two programs over…
AgNet Weekly: Rep John Duarte on the GATES Act
The Growing Access to Environmental Sustainability (GATES) Act seeks to reduce barriers that producers face in accessing agricultural conservation programs. Congressman John Duarte, a farmer from California, is on the…
Record Enrollment for Grasslands CRP
…Programs at the Farm Service Agency says more acres were enrolled in the Grasslands Conservation Reserve Program this year than ever before. “There were 4.6 million acres that walked into…
Luna UCR: ‘Already Adapted to a High-Density Planting Setting’
…UCR avocado breeding programs and is now the licensee of Luna UCR. “Eurosemillas has, to my knowledge, at least two nurseries signed up. One is Brokaw Nursery in Saticoy. The…
USDA Extends Application Deadline for Organic Dairy Program
…our offices,” said John Berge, Acting Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs at the Farm Service Agency (FSA). “So, we extended it to August 11. We initially opened it up on…
GATES Act Aims to Include Larger Farms in Conservation Programs
The Growing Access to Environmental Sustainability (GATES) Act seeks to reduce barriers that producers face in accessing agricultural conservation programs. Congressman John Duarte, a farmer from California, is on the…
AgNet Weekly: Ethan Lane and Representative Victoria Spartz
…carry out commodity checkoff programs. Several industry groups came out against the amendment, and she spoke with a representative of one- Vice President of Government Affairs with the National Cattlemen’s…