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-AFT, NACD, NSAC and NWF WASHINGTON – Today, April 8, 70 leading agriculture, conservation and wildlife groups delivered a letter to Congress requesting robust funding for conservation programs and technical assistance in fiscal year (FY) 2022 appropriations. In the letter, American Farmland Trust, the National Association of Conservation Districts, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, the National Wildlife Federation and other signatories called upon House and Senate appropriators...

Recruiting cheesemakers! In September, the Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center (NE-DBIC) will host a turn-key Cheese Pavilion at SIAL Canada, an international food and beverage trade show in Toronto. Participating businesses will have access to complimentary coaching and guidance for participation, reimbursement for expenses, and add on events and services. Participants should be either exporting currently or export-ready.  Has your operation been directly impacted by the coronavirus ...

More than 90 million acres are enrolled in the Conservation Stewardship Program, the nation's largest working lands conservation program.

Governors Wind Energy Coalition Witnesses outline challenges to farm climate plan Source: By Marc Heller, E&E News reporter • Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2021 Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and ranking member John Boozman (R-Ark.) during a hearing yesterday. Francis Chung/E&E News Lawmakers trying to entice farmers to save carbon in their soil will have to address a challenge if their market-based approach is going to work, witnesses told the Senat...

USDA announced it is accepting Conservation Stewardship Program renewal applications through the end of this month. More than 11,000 contracts are set to end this year.

Policies to rein in emissions from agriculture cannot include factory farm gas and offsets markets

  LYONS, NEBRASKA – For farmers and ranchers eligible to renew for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), a national application deadline of March 31 has been set. Administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), CSP offers technical and financial assistance to help producers enhance conservation on their operations. In 2020, more than 6 million acres nationwide were actively enrolled in the program. Contracts are five years in length...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service is accepting Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) renewal applications through March 31.  During the first half of the fifth year of the existing contract term, NRCS may allow a participant to apply and compete to renew their contract for an additional 5-year period.  Local NRCS offices are mailing contract renewal notification letters to all participants whose contracts expire in 2021. These letters contain...

USDA can play an important role in the Biden approach to climate change Peter Makey, Grant Thornton Public Sector March 2 No longer an ancillary participant, USDA will be a leading player in the Biden administration’s climate change plans. (Art Wager) The inaugural convening of the National Climate Task Force on Feb. 11 marked the formal exposition of President Joe Biden’s robust, whole-government approach to the climate crisis. Led by the new White House Office of Domestic Climate...