…Farm Service Agency county committee is your chance to ensure that other producers who share your interests, your production practices, and your perspective are represented,” FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux said…
Week in Review: California Card Check Challenged in Lawsuit & Water Resilience Efforts Underway
…Farm Water Coalition, provides insight on recent developments in water resilience. A year-end farm bill seems to be the last best hope for producers before lawmakers have to face the…
Producers Encouraged to Submit Crop Acreage Reports Before Deadline
…portal, which requires a specific level of authentication. This portal allows for efficient management and reporting of farm data. For more details, producers are encouraged to call their FSA county…
Up To $50 Million Available for Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership
…natural resources like wetlands and wildlife habitat,” NRCS Chief Terry Cosby said in a press release. “The Wetland Reserve Enhancement Program takes a collective focus amongst partners and producers, with…
AgNet Weekly: IFPA Washington Conference, Ag Labor, Packaging
…their related industries. AgNet Weekly also traverses the legislative issues of the livestock industry and other matters related to California and Southeast agriculture. July 20, 2024: Author David Lipsky on…
Year-End Farm Bill Last Hope for 118th Congress?
A year-end farm bill seems to be the last best hope for producers before lawmakers have to face the reality they’ll have to punt the effort into a new year…
Deadline Approaching for Grassland Conservation Reserve Program
The deadline is approaching to sign up for the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program (Grassland CRP) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Agricultural producers and private landowners can sign up…
New Emergency Assistance Tool Being Made Available to Producers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and FarmRaise have launched an online Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) Decision Tool. This tool helps agricultural producers…
Feedback Sought to Guide Key Program of Growing Climate Solutions Act
…for producers and achieve greenhouse gas reductions from the agriculture and forest sectors,” Vilsack said in a press release. “However, a variety of barriers have hindered agriculture’s participation in voluntary…
Senate Farm Bill Framework Receiving Industry Support
…cooperation to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crop growers. Gregg Doud, President of the National Milk Producers Federation, highlighted the proposal’s support for dairy farmers, including updates to the Dairy…
AgNet Weekly: Jacqui Fatka of CoBank on Trade Issues
…AgNet Weekly also traverses the legislative issues of the livestock industry and other matters related to California and Southeast agriculture. July 20, 2024: Author David Lipsky on Climate and the…
Tribal Ag Trade Mission a First
…for tribal farm and food producers later this month. Rod Bain has more. Listen to Rod Bain’s This Land Of Ours program here. USDA Embarks on First-ever Trade Mission Focused…
AgNet News Hour, Tuesday, 06-04-24
…research is looking at how cover crop production impacts livestock operations. Tune in for these news stories, interviews, features, and more. Listen to previous AgNet News Hour episodes… Sabrina Halvorson…
ASCE Program Accepting Applications
…specialty crop producers we have at USDA. We also launched last fall the Specialty Crop Competitiveness Initiative, which is focused on supporting and targeting our programs and resources at USDA…