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TOPIC(S): Soil Health, USDA, Government / Policies,

03/14/2023 SOURCE: brownfieldagnews.com

$95 million grant signed launching Farmers for Soil Health initiative - Brownfield Ag News

Ag and wildlife groups are partnering with the USDA to launch the Farmers for Soil Health initiative. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says it will advance the use of soil health practices by utilizing cover crops. “They expect and anticipate to use this resource that we’re providing to impact 1 million acres across 20 states,” he […]

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TOPIC(S): Sustainability, Beef Cattle, Regenerative Agriculture, Ranching,

03/14/2023 SOURCE: www.publicnewsservice.org

Collaboration Grows 'Regenerative Ranching' Program in Northwest

By Caroline Tracey for Civil Eats.Broadcast version by Deborah Van Fleet for Missouri News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration Jack Southworth’s ranch sits at 4,600 feet in elevation outside Seneca, Oregon, near the Strawberry and Blue mountain ranges. Like many ranchers, his cattle graze private, deeded land in the winter and leased National Forest land in the summer, including a high mountain plateau filled with bluebunch wheatgrass and Idaho fescue and surrounded by Ponderosa Pine forest. Since the valley is “good at collecting cold air,” as Southworth put it, it has a short growing season, and if cattle stay too long in any given place, they will eat the grass down to bare ground, creating conditions for soil erosion. ...

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Topics: Dairy, Ag Labor,

After report on boy's death on a Wisconsin dairy farm, officials move to address issues facing immigrant workers

A ProPublica investigation showed how language barriers contributed to authorities wrongly blaming a dairy farm worker for his son’s death.

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Topics: Food/Nutrition, FDA,

FDA budget request includes scant money for food safety programs

The Food and Drug Administration has requested $7.2 billion for the fiscal year 2024. According to President Biden’s budget proposal, the agency wants

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TOPIC(S): Equipment/Machinery, AgriBusiness, Commodity/Trade Groups,

03/13/2023 SOURCE: americanagnetwork.com

Farm Bureau Signs MOU on Right to Repair

The American Farm Bureau Federation and CNH Industrial brands Case IH and New Holland signed a memorandum of understanding, allowing farmers and ranchers to rep

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TOPIC(S): Economics, USDA, Government / Policies,

03/13/2023 SOURCE: americanagnetwork.com

USDA Announces Cost-Share Assistance for Grain Storage

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that producers in counties affected by eligible disaster events can apply for cost-share assistance through the Emergency Gra

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Topics: Agriculture US, Education U.S. MidWest, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog,

Robert Easter: Honorary Master Farmer

Here’s how a career in swine nutrition led a Texas farm boy to became president of the University of Illinois — plus, how he really learned to lead.

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Topics: Weeds, Potatoes, Research,

Researchers Develop Sweetpotato Clones with Improved Insect Resistance and Weed Tolerance : USDA ARS

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TOPIC(S): Ag Europe, Government / Policies, Climate Change,

03/11/2023 SOURCE: www.reuters.com

Dutch farmers and climate activists protest over government policies

More than 10,000 Dutch farmers protested in The Hague on Saturday against government plans to limit nitrogen emissions, a policy they say will spell the end of many farms and hit food production.

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Judge tosses New York, New Jersey residents' challenge to offshore wind development

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by New York and New Jersey residents challenging preliminary government plans for offshore wind farm development off the Atlantic coast.

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