…upcoming hearings: February 9 on Commodity Programs, Crop Insurance and Credit, February 16 on Nutrition Programs, and March 1 on Conservation and Forestry Programs. All hearings will be held in…
Farmer Input Sought on Funding Priorities for the Inflation Reduction Act
…in all communities, building new markets and streams of income for farmers and producers using climate smart food and forestry practices, making historic investments in infrastructure and clean energy capabilities…
Producer Perspective Sought in USDA Survey
…to safe, healthy and nutritious food in all communities, building new markets and streams of income for farmers and producers using climate smart food and forestry practices, making historic investments…
New Zealand Plans to Tax Cow Methane
…for on-farm forestry and what can offset such emissions. They also worry about how the emissions will be priced and how the program will be governed. One of the protestors…
Soil Carbon Monitoring Efforts to Expand with $8 Million Investment
…tremendous part of our strategy when it comes to climate-smart agriculture and forestry.” NRCS is seeking proposals for projects focused on soil organic carbon stock monitoring. Project proposals are due…
Alexis Taylor Advances Through Senate Agriculture Committee
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry has advanced the nomination of Alexis Taylor as the next Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs for the U.S. Department of…
Ag Groups Now Eagerly Await Implementation of Inflation Reduction Act
…keep farmers on their land for years to come.” Of the roughly $770 billion allocated within IRA, approximately $40 billion will benefit agriculture, forestry, and rural communities. Nearly $20 billion…
Agricultural Impacts of Inflation Reduction Act
…and storage and resilience projects. The farmer-led organization Solutions from the Land says it applauds the Senate for prioritizing agricultural and forestry climate and clean energy investments, and it looks…
Stabenow on Senate Ag Committee Work
…in the last year. “In the last year, a number of things we’ve done (include) forestry hearings. We passed the growing climate solutions legislation by 92 of votes in the…
Vilsack on Food Systems in Farm Bill
…and affordable food. One that includes voluntary incentives in climate-smart agriculture and forestry, providing competitive advantage for American producers. One that creates new opportunities for small and midsized and underserved…
USDA Makes Earth Day Investment of Nearly $800 Million in Climate-Smart Infrastructure
…and nutritious food in all communities, building new markets and streams of income for farmers and producers using climate-smart food and forestry practices, making historic investments in infrastructure and clean-energy…
Watershed Infrastructure Projects Receive $420 Million in Support
…nutritious food in all communities, building new markets and streams of income for farmers and producers using climate smart food and forestry practices, making historic investments in infrastructure and clean…
Equity Action Plan to Improve Access to USDA Services
…communities, building new markets and streams of income for farmers and producers using climate smart food and forestry practices, making historic investments in infrastructure and clean energy capabilities in rural…
Biden’s 2023 Budget Proposal: Ag and Rural Funds
…the table” Statement from Senate Ag Committee Ranking Member U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement about…