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USDA is leveraging its authorities under the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program to bring in new types of partners and expand opportunities in voluntary conservation. In direct response to feedback from stakeholders, USDA updated the program’s rule regarding matching fund requirements, and invested in additional staff to work directly with partners. The ...

The USDA is out with its final pandemic assistance payments for timber harvesters and timber hauling businesses through its PATHH, Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers, program. FSA administrator, Zach Ducheneaux said Congress authorized funding for this program and selected the USDA for dispersing the money due to the USDA's tremendous service delivery mechanism. "The PATHH

Signup begins Monday for USDA's Dairy Margin Coverage Safety Net Program. Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux notes, there will be a supplemental DMC enrollment, as well for 2022. "Supplemental DMC is going to provide up to $580 million to assist small and mid-sized dairy operations that have increased production over the years, but haven't been able to enroll that additional p

The USDA is mailing ballots this week for the Farm Service Agency county and urban county committee elections. Elections are occurring in certain Local Administrative Areas for committee members who make decisions about how federal farm programs are administered locally ...

The Department of Agriculture is in the process of issuing $1.8 billion in payments to agricultural producers. The funds are for farmers enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs for the 2020 crop year. The payments provide support to help mitigate fluctuations in either revenue or prices for certain crops. Thes ...

The USDA’s Farm Service Agency offers both farm ownership and operating loans to underserved producers or farmers just starting out. Farm loan chief, Steven King, says loans are available for operating funds to purchase inputs and supplies to get through the crop year. "That ...

The 2021 growing season has been challenging for producers in a number of ways, from the pandemic, to trade disruptions, to record heat, this year has been one for the record books in many ways. But, Dan Newhouse said some of the frustration farmers are facing right now does not need to happen ...

Earlier this year, USDA announced assistance for eligible livestock producers impacted by drought associated feed transportation costs. FSA Administrator, Zach Ducheneaux, said the assistance is connected to ELAP, and now producers also have an online feed transportation producer tool ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $10 million in a new initiative to sample, measure, and monitor soil carbon on Conservation Reserve Program acres. The investment seeks to better quantify the climate outcomes of the program. USDA said CRP is an i ...

Last week, the Department of Agriculture announced a trio of awards totaling nearly $25 million in grants and cooperative agreements. The funding seeks to ensure broader access and participation in USDA programs and services for historically underserved farmers and ranchers ...