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Legislators took a major step in making sure that American agriculture policy has a climate lens going forward. But the next Farm Bill could derail it.

City-owned farm Howat Ranch sets precedent in Yolo County area for offsetting carbon emissions    By ZOE SMITH — city@theaggie.org   In

Connecticut Farmer Janna Siller said she wants to see these existing federal programs geared more to the types of farms here

Congress is negotiating the 2023 Farm Bill, which funds agricultural programs. Connecticut farmers want more money for programs that fit the Northeast.

Susan Mitchell hopped onto her tractor on an overcast day in early May to start the early stages of planting summer squash and zucchini for the third growing season on her farm in Columbia. She laid three rows of black plastic mulch to help with moisture retention and weed control as two of her workers, Naomi Ford and Sarah Medeiros, assisted from the field. Mitchell said they would later punch holes into the plastic to transplant the plants.

Congress is negotiating the 2023 Farm Bill, which funds agricultural programs. CT farmers want more money for programs that fit the Northeast.

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Under a bipartisan piece of legislation introduced this month, the $5 per acre pandemic cover crop subsidy would be revived and made a permanent part of the farm bill.

USDA/NRCS Chief, Terry J. Cosby, wants farmers and ranchers to know that the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 represents the single largest ...