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President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders aimed at strengthening America’s cattle industry and supporting ranchers across the country. During an event in Washington, the administration announced a series of new actions designed to rebuild the nation’s cattle herd, which currently remains at its smallest level since the 1950s. One executive order focuses on predator management. It directs federal …
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins recently outlined new actions to build upon USDA’s 2026 plan to fortify the American beef industry. The ranchers first initiative is a package of actions aimed at rebuilding the great American beef herd. Secretary Rollins breaks down the actions in further detail saying, “In Nebraska we talked about the new effort to retain heifers under …
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Roger McEowen, professor of agricultural law and taxation at Washburn University. Professor McEowen discussed his upcoming ag law talk. Here is what he had to say. “I’ll be in Guntersville, Alabama, Wednesday morning, the 19th of August, talking about residual soil fertility. This is a two-hour seminar for firms that do …
The USDA recently announced additional funding towards Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program. Farm Production and Conservation Under Secretary Richard Fordyce breaks down funding details. “Groups can apply for grants to help assist with really the eradication of feral swine,” said Fordyce. Fordyce added, “Applications are open now, and folks that are interested in applying for some help in …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced funding for the 40 Breakthrough projects in an effort to defend against New World Screwworm. Through the program proposals will receive a combined total of $105 million. According to the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service website this funding will be used “to sharpen detection, accelerate control and eradication tools, and strengthen …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that funding is now available for Conservation Innovation Grants. Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief, Colton Buckley, provides the details on these grants. “We have announced $65 million for this fiscal year, broken up $50 million for on-farm trials for that conservation implementation, and $15 million for CIG Classic,” said Buckley. “CIG on-farm trial …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $65 Million in funding for new tools, approaches, practices and technologies to incentivize natural resource conservation for private lands through the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program. Conservation Innovation Grants is supported through the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, which increased funding for farm bill conservation programs. The Working Families Tax Cuts Act increases the …
The U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, recently joined up with the Tennessee Governor, Bill Lee, to try to slow down putting solar panels in the farming land areas across the country. According to the report, they said that USDA now will no longer fund taxpayer dollars to solar panels on productive farmland or allow solar panels manufactured by foreign adversaries to be …
If you call up a farmer today and ask him what’s happening, he would probably respond, waiting on the rain. Some isolated showers have come across the southeast Georgia area and the southwest area, but not enough to solve the water shortage. Some peanut producers have started irrigating to try to get enough peanuts to come up along when most of the corn is gone and …
Georgia Expands Disaster Aid as Drought Intensifies USDA Designates Additional Counties as Disaster Areas Georgia agriculture is facing mounting pressure as persistent drought conditions continue to impact farmers across the state. In a recent announcement, Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tyler Harper confirmed that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has expanded the number of counties designated as primary natural disaster …
