USDA Announces Opening Date for Rural e-Connectivity Pilot Program Applications Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that USDA Rural Development will begin accepting the first round of applications for the Rural e-Connectivity Pilot Program (ReConnect Program) on April 23, 2019, through reconnect.usda.gov. In March 2018, Congress provided $600 million …
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Tammy Higgins worked with USDA’s Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service to strengthen her operation. Trouble viewing this email? View it as a webpage. #FridaysOnTheFarm: Perseverance of a Lifelong Cattlewoman Meet Tammy Higgins, a cow/calf operator in Okemah, Oklahoma, who has met cattle market, drought, and financing obstacles head-on and come out on …
What can we learn from Vermont about food recovery? + Lessons from extreme Midwest weather Add us to your address book View this email in your browser
Ask us anything about food labels March 2019 Enjoy and share our AGW biodiversity video Agriculture + Biodiversity = A Greener World! Not sure what that means? Give us 57 seconds and we’ll give you 14 examples of exactly what biodiversity looks like. Every single AGW-certified farm we surveyed is using practices to restore, renew …
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USDA Offers Conservation Assistance to Landowners to Protect Wetlands, Agricultural Lands and Grasslands NRCS plans to invest $450 million this year in conservation easements through the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). This program helps private landowners, tribes, land trusts and other groups wanting to restore and protect critical wetlands and protect agricultural lands and grasslands. …
+ We're hiring a Lomax Farm Coordinator Add us to your address book View this email in your browser Dear Nahid, As the spring ephemerals surge and the returning foliage reminds most of us why we adore shades beyond brown, gray, and beige, farmers already have one boot in spring—planting and harvesting hearty roots and …
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USDA is investing $116 million to help rebuild and improve rural water infrastructure View as a webpage Press Release USDA Announces Investments in Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in 23 States that will Benefit 171,000 Rural Residents Contact: Weldon Freeman (202) 690-1384 Jay Fletcher (202) 690-0498 WASHINGTON, March 26, 2019 – Acting Assistant to the Secretary …
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FSA permits emergency grazing on Conservation Reserve Program acres, opens sign-up for Emergency Conservation Program View as a webpage Press Release USDA Announces Availability of Additional Emergency Programs in Nebraska Farm Service Agency Permits Emergency Grazing on Conservation Reserve Program Acres, Opens Sign-up for Emergency Conservation Program LINCOLN, Neb., March 25, 2019 – USDA Farm …
USDA provides assistance to local farmers, communities affected by recent flooding View as a webpage Press Release USDA Assists Iowa Farmers, Ranchers, and Communities Affected by Recent Flooding (Washington, D.C., March 25, 2019) - To help Iowan residents, farmers, and ranchers affected by the devastation caused by recent flooding, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue …
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Contact: press@fas.usda.gov or (202) 720-7115 USDA FAS Farm Bill Listening Session WASHINGTON, March 22, 2019 – The Foreign Agricultural Service thanks all the individuals and organizations that participated in today’s Farm Bill listening sessions. Links to the recordings of the sessions are available at: https://www.fas.usda.gov/newsroom/fas-farm-bill-listening-sessions. FAS will accept additional written comments until 5 p.m. on …
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