Investments and Opportunities for Input on Meat and Poultry Processing Infrastructure, Unpacking the House Appropriations Committee FY 22 Ag Funding Bill, and Recommended Readings in this Week’s News from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) Investments and Opportunities for Input on Meat and Poultry Processing Infrastructure On July 16th, 2021 the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
More pandemic aid on tap for agriculture, says Vilsack Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced up to $ 200 million in pandemic relief for loggers and timber haulers on Tuesday and said “there is more to come” for agriculture in the weeks ahead. Aid will include $ 700 million for biofuel producers and $ 980 million […]
The Case for Next Generation Crop Insurance, $ 500 Million for Expanded Meat and Poultry Processing, USDA Request for Comment on Racial Justice and Equity, and More from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition The Case for Next Generation Crop Insurance Recently, the AGree Economic and Environmental Risk Coalition (AGree E2 Coalition) released a new paper: The Case for […]
Farmers Trapped in Unsustainable Cycle by Biotechnology and Seed Consolidation, USDA Wants Your Comments on Racial Justice, NSAC is Hiring, and What We’re Reading in the Latest News from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Farmers Trapped in Unsustainable Cycle by Biotechnology and Seed Consolidation This is the second blog in a series exploring the impacts […]
Solar leases are more popular than carbon contracts among farmers The relative handful of farmers who have signed carbon sequestration contracts is half the size of the group that has leased land for solar electricity production, said Purdue University on Tuesday. Solar leases, which may exceed $ 1,000 an acre annually, are more lucrative than […]
SARE Farmer Driven Research, Pandemic Cover Crop Program, $ 4 Billion from USDA to Strengthen Food System, Farmer Fly-In for Climate Action, NSAC’s New Policy Fellow, and More from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) SARE’S FARMER DRIVEN RESEARCH SHINES AT VIRTUAL BRIEFING Anyone familiar with USDA’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program is already […]
Local and Regional Food Project Grants, Debt Relief for BIPOC Farmers, Regional Conservation Partnership Program, and NSAC is Hiring in the latest news from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition $ 76.9 Million in Local and Regional Food Project Grants Now Available On May 5, 2021 USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced the availability of $ […]
Farm sector rebounding but may need more aid, says Duvall The farm economy, battered since 2018 by a trade war and a pandemic, is rallying, though it is too early to declare a return to prosperity, said the president of the largest U.S. farm organization on Thursday, reserving judgment on whether more stopgap federal aid […]
Farm sector rebounding but may need more aid, says Duvall The farm economy, battered since 2018 by a trade war and a pandemic, is rallying, though it is too early to declare a return to prosperity, said the president of the largest U.S. farm organization on Thursday, reserving judgment on whether more stopgap federal aid […]
More than agriculture at USDA, but not in its name It took little more than a shake of the head and a few reproachful words for House Agriculture chairman Kika de la Garza to sink a Clinton-era proposal to change the USDA’s name to the Department of Food and Agriculture. “It would better reflect what […]
Cattle group proposes more transparency in market prices As an antidote for the dwindling cash market, the largest U.S. cattle group circulated a plan on Tuesday for meatpackers to voluntarily buy cattle on the spot market to assure fair and open prices, with the threat of mandatory disclosure if the system fails. Iowa leans for […]
School meal programs have lost more than $ 483 million so far during the pandemic School meal programs have taken a massive financial hit during the coronavirus crisis, according to a new survey from the School Nutrition Association. The survey, which includes responses from school nutrition directors in 1,614 school districts across the country, points […]
Federal funding barrier: Billions more for farmers President Trump wants a pre-election slush fund of up to $ 30 billion at USDA that he can spend with no strings attached, said the senior Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee on Monday, as agricultural aid blossomed into a potential roadblock for a government funding bill. Republicans […]
More growers, less hemp in industry slowed by uncertainty, pandemic The first year of nationwide cultivation of industrial hemp has been a mixture of retrenchment and optimism for growth in the longer term. “The industry isn’t going to go away,” said hemp entrepreneur Morris Beegle on Thursday. “It’s going to become more of a whole-plant […]
USDA to release coronavirus reserve funds, makes more products eligible More than half a million farmers and ranchers will get a second round of coronavirus relief payments, worth an estimated $ 1.4 billion, said the Agriculture Department on Tuesday as it made dozens of additional commodities eligible for aid and gave producers an additional two […]