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NRCS announced the establishment of a “batching deadline” of January 15th for the first funding round of key conservation programs.

House Republicans are proposing a $290 billion cut from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program over the next decade.  The GOP plan uses some of the money saved to increase spending on commodity programs, crop insurance, and other farm bill programs.  The dra...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is out with its policy priorities for 2023.  The priorities focus on advancing animal disease preparedness, protecting voluntary conservation programs, and defending producers from regulatory overreach.   “Our f...

The next deadline for Conservation Stewardship Program applications to be considered for funding this year is February 10th.  Through CSP, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service helps farmers, ranchers and forest landowners earn payments for expanding conservation activities while maintaining agricultural production on their land.  The Departmen...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said recently it’s premature to ask if billions of dollars in Inflation Reduction Act conservation funds can be transferred to the upcoming Farm Bill, even though the need will likely exist.  The decision will be up to Congress, but Vilsack and the administration will have a say in whether to use some of the Inflation Reduction Act’s $16 billion for programs like

Climate change as an issue in the next farm bill is already causing temperatures to rise in the nation’s capital.  But if there’s anything farm leaders agree on, it’s conservation incentives, not dictates.   “Let the innovators compete, let them go after it and do what they want, it’s not ‘one size fits all,’ it gives them a shot to do it," said former Farm Service Agency chief, Jonathan Copp

A new signup period is underway for the USDA's Conservation Stewardship Program.  NRCS Deputy Chief Jimmy Bramlett noted a variety of improvements to CSP, thanks to the 2018 Farm Bill.   "In previous Farm Bills, we had an $18 an acre cap associated with the overall program administration, and a total acreage of about 7.9 million...

The Conservation Stewardship Program is making a few changes.   Acting Chief of the National Resources Conservation Service Leonard Jordan said, “We listened to our customers both the staff employees who work with producers and we listened to the producers and we have incorporated all that we heard into double the number of enhancements as well as double the number of practices that are available