05/27/2022 SOURCE: sustainableagriculture.net
For more than 35 years, the Farm Bill’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has paid farmers and landowners to take highly erodible and other environmentally sensitive lands out of crop production and enroll them in conserving practices instead. Through CRP, USDA pays farmers to set aside land for grass or tree cover for a period of 10 or 15 years. This May, the Farm Service Agency announced that it had accepted over 2 million new acres into the FY22 CRP General Signup. This included more than 1.75 million re-enrolled acres, over 85% of the total accepted.
CRP Signup: Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel
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05/27/2022 SOURCE: dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com
It’s like Jerry Seinfeld’s “Soup Nazi,” shouting, “No soup for you,” at those who violated the restaurateur’s rules for ordering. But in this instance, it’s the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shouting at public and private schools, camps, food pantries, and children’s residential homes – any organization that receives federal money for food programs. “No […]
USDA Says, ‘No School Lunch for You!’ – Unless You Embrace LGBT Ideology
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05/25/2022 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com
The funding will help a diverse rural America keep resources and wealth right at home through job training, business expansion, and technical assistance.
USDA invests $770 million to expand market opportunities for rural businesses
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Topics: Dairy, Cheese, USDA,
Yes, the Government Really Does Stash Billions of Pounds of Cheese in Missouri Caves
The USDA has kept cheese and other dairy products in cold-storage caves for decades. But their purpose has shifted over the years.
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05/23/2022 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com
To remain competitive, producers must harness and use generated data to their advantage.
How to get the most out of data
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05/23/2022 SOURCE: flip.it
Advanced tech in farming promises to maximize crop yields, minimize the impact of climate change, and fight global food insecurity. Yet swift adoption without consideration of the risks may increase food-system vulnerabilities, intensify socio-economic inequality, and harm the environment.
Who hacked the slaughterhouse? When robots and AI take over farms - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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05/19/2022 SOURCE: www.farmprogress.com
Programs June 20 in Amarillo, Aug. 26 in Brenham tackle legal, economic issues
Extension programs to address direct beef sales
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05/17/2022 SOURCE: www.fastcompany.com
Every five years, Congress’s $1 trillion Farm Bill funds the agricultural industry. A coalition of farmers and companies are campaigning to get the bill to support regenerative farming—and prioritize family farmers over large-scale agribusiness.
How family farmers are working to get federal support for regenerative agriculture
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05/11/2022 SOURCE: texasfarmbureau.org
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