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The Times of Houma Thibodaux

USDA will dedicate at least $500 million over the next five years in wildlife conservation by jointly leveraging both NRCS and FSA conservation programs and public/private partnerships through its Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW) effort.

AFT Releases White Papers Detailing Farm Bill Recommendations

AFT Releases White Papers Detailing Farm Bill Recommendations

You have proposals for that that the president could consider? >> absolutely. this is the big thing. inflation, the cost of inputs. our farmers are putting in crops in the ground and the cost of fertilizer, the cost of the seed going into the ground and this is the problem, all right? so there is significant cost. it gets passed on to the consumer and hoping the producer makes a little profit or if you have a drought it is catastrophic. this is what the farm bill does creates a safety net with i...

Increased confidence in the Fed may be leading more producers to expect interest rates to remain steady or decline compared to earlier in the year, according to the April Ag Economy Barometer reading.

National Association of Conservation Districts Second Vice President Bill Simhauser

National Association of Conservation Districts Second Vice President Bill Simhauser

Mayor Paul Rennemeyer is inviting all residents to join the Mayor’s Waterwise Challenge beginning Saturday, April 1 through Sunday, April 30.

Last week we were honored to gather experts and practitioners at the Nature Hub in New York City during the UN Water Conference – the first in 46 years – to share lessons learned on scaling