Infrastructure

On Wednesday, President Biden is scheduled to travel to Pittsburgh to pitch the first part of his $3 trillion effort fix the nation’s roads, bridges, and water systems, many, key for agriculture. Biden’s ambitious push on the heels of his nearly $2 trillion virus relief package, already faces stiff headwinds from Republicans and some Democrats over its size and tax hikes needed to fund it. Yet t

The USDA announced this week it will invest $285 million to help the Forest Service. The hope is the funds will help address deferred maintenance as well as improve transportation and recreation infrastructure on national forests and grasslands ...

It’s a message that’s consistent across the farming and rural community, the infrastructure in America is in desperate need of upgrades and improvements.  The American Farm Bureau is hopeful that Congress will get to work on legislation that would authorize spending on those needed improvements.   “Infras...

An independent report says a lack of funding for infrastructure improvements could put more than $72 billion in additional GDP and 77,000 new jobs at risk.  The report by Agribusiness Intelligence was commissioned by the Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service.   T...

An independent report says a lack of funding for infrastructure improvements could put more than $72 billion in additional GDP and 77,000 new jobs at risk.  The report by Agribusiness Intelligence was commissioned by the Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service.   The s...

The goal of the USDA's Community Facilities Direct Loan Program is to help rural communities build or improve facilities or essential services.   “They can be used for  public facilities such as town halls, court houses, airport hangars, street improvements, community support services, child care centers or communities centers, fairgrounds, transitional housing for recovering addicts.” Indiana Ru.

More than 100 organization representing Western U.S. agriculture are urging Congress to use infrastructure legislation to address Western water challenges.  The groups said, “existing water infrastructure in the West is aging and in need of rehabilitation and improvement.”   ...

Last week, Vice President Mike Pence promised a gathering of governors in Washington, D.C. the U.S. would pass a “historic” infrastructure bill by the end of next year.  The Washington Post reports the action would require bipartisan cooperation.  Specifically, ...

President Trump plans to press key issues of importance to agriculture in Tuesday night’s State of the Union address.  Trump in his third prime-time address to the nation from the U.S. House chamber will call on Congress to work with him on several fronts: infrastructure, lowering health care costs, immigration reform, ratifying the USMCA, and confronting China on unfair trade practices.  However,

It’s an effort roughly 50 years in the making, fully funding the Columbia Basin Project.  Securing those funds are so important to State Representative Mary Dye she spent much of the time between the 2018 legislative session and this session traveling the country, talking about water and energy.  One such...