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On Saturday, the Senate passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. The package, known as the American Rescue Plan, will extend federal unemployment benefits, offer up to $1,400 in direct payments to individuals earning less than $80,000, and increase funding for several nutrition assistance programs ...

The National Farmers Union says the Department of Agriculture debt relief action, announced Wednesday. will provide farmers much-needed relief. USDA announced that it will temporarily suspend past-due debt collections and foreclosures for farmers borrowing under the Farm Storage Facility Loan and the Direct Farm Loan programs while also offering flexibilities under the Guaranteed Loan Program ...

Farm groups applaud incoming President Joe Biden’s pick for Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary, Dr. Jewel Bronaugh. In 2018, Bronaugh was appointed as the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner. She ...

Ask Rob Larew, President of the National Farmers Union, and he’ll tell you farmers face a variety of challenges on a good day. From weather, to trade, to politics, there are issues today’s farmers needs to face head on and overcome. Add on to ...

According to National Farmers Union’s most recent “The Farmer’s Share”, for every dollar Americans spend on their Thanksgiving dinner this year, farmers and ranchers will earn approximately 11.9 cents. That marks a slight year-over-year decline, when farmers made roughly 12.15 cents of the Thanksgiving food ...

Progressives in agriculture appear to be making a push to prevent former North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp from becoming Ag Secretary in the Biden administration. NewsBreak.com is reporting the conflict is ramping up as Representative Marcia Fudge of Ohio has begun to campaign for the head of the $150 billion Department of Ag ...

An alliance of groups that represent farmers, forest owners, the food sector, state governments, and environmental advocates released what many are calling an unprecedented list of recommendations to guide Federal climate policy development ...

Over the weekend, the Associated Press and several other national news outlets officially projected Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 Presidential Election. That announcement came after the Pennsylvania electoral votes were put in the former Vice President’s column, pushing him over the needed 270 to win. M ...

The National Farmers Union calls the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement this week “Shameful.” The United States formally exited the Paris Climate Agreement Wednesday, three-and-a-half years after President Trump pledged to do so. NFU said ...

The USDA has proposed a rule that supporters say would strengthen the Agricultural Marketing Service’s oversite of Organic products and what can be included in the National Organic Program. Rob Larew, President of the National Farmers Union said over the last several years, millions of dollars of non-organic products have been intentionally mislabeled in the NOP and sold as organic. Thi ... Read