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TOPIC(S): Conservation/Tillage, USDA,

05/27/2022 SOURCE: sustainableagriculture.net

CRP Signup: Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel

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.

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TOPIC(S): Corn/Maize, Soil Health, Conservation/Tillage, Fertilizer,
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Topics: Agriculture Global, World Hunger, Ag Africa, Food Security/Shortage, Trending News,

Ghana and Uganda ban grain and food exports

Global food protectionism is now in full swing. After India, some major EU food exporting nations like Hungary halted the export of certain crops. Many African countries are also banning the export of their produce.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, USDA, Government / Policies,

05/27/2022 SOURCE: dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com

USDA Says, ‘No School Lunch for You!’ – Unless You Embrace LGBT Ideology

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 […]

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