…bill will increase commodity supports by $45 billion over ten years, cut SNAP funding by $29 billion, and greatly restrict USDA’s use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for discretionary spending….
Dairy and Livestock Sustainability Incentive Grants Available
…reductions in both methane emissions and nutrient surplus. The program, funded by the USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities, has $58 million available for additional grants. This program expands the scope…
CA Prop Causing Nationwide Issues
…USDA economists recently compiled it and put out a report showing that retail prices are up twenty to forty percent for covered pork products in California,” Cook explained. Cook said…
USDA Discrimination Payments
Image by Kotangens/DepositPhotos image The USDA works to right some wrongs. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Checks are going out for the USDA’s discrimination financial assistance program….
Pork Industry Impact on U.S. Economy
…and still very significant numbers despite all of those challenges. Meanwhile, the 2022 USDA-NASS Census of Agriculture shows that the number of farms raising hogs has declined but the number…
On Farm Conservation Efforts to Be Measured by USDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is working to better understand on-farm conservation practices. The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will survey farmers across the U.S. from August 2024…
NASDA C. E. O. Ted McKinney Discusses Farm Bill
…and ranchers who are at the core of this. It leaves great uncertainty,” he said. He explained even aspects of USDA come to a halt when funding stops. “Many people…
Some Good News in Food Price Forecast
USDA’s latest food price forecast has a little good news for shoppers. Gary Crawford has more coming on up This Land of Ours. Image by takoburito/DepositPhotos image Analysts at the…
USDA Report Highlights Slowing Specialty Crop Trade with China
A recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that American specialty crop trade with China has been on the decline over the past several years. In 2023, the…
Western Wildfires Increase
…have experienced an increase in wildfires over the month of July. USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey discusses some of the reasons why. “This has been an interesting wildfire season. We’re coming…
House Ag Takes Close Look at Dropping Ag Income
Image by AndreyPopov/DepositPhotos image Farmers across the U.S. could see a drop of nearly 25-percent in their farm income compared to last year. That’s what USDA is predicting—and that’s why…
USDA Meat Processing Roundtables
It’s an invitation for small meat processing plants. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Cutting meat in meat processing plant. Image by davit85/DepositPhotos image USDA says it’s going…
USDA Nutrition Hubs
Building better nutrition in underserved areas. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Image by VadimVasenin/DepositPhotos image USDA efforts to build nutrition hubs focused on historically underserved communities will…
Further Investment in Meat and Poultry Processing Capacities
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making further investments to strengthen the food supply chain, increase meat and poultry processing capacities, and create better markets for producers. These investments,…