From the U.S. Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2014 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Escambia, Jackson and Santa Rosa counties in Florida as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by excessive rain that occurred from April 4, 2014, through May 2, 2014. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to …
Updating Farm Bill Implementation at 6-Month Mark
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced continued progress on implementing the 2014 Farm Bill. He was pleased to report that they’ve made tremendous progress in the first six months since the Farm Bill was signed. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To …
New USDA Conservation Program Receives Nearly 600 Proposals
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced this week that USDA’s new Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) has drawn an overwhelming response from partners across the nation. Nearly 5,000 organizations partnered together to submit nearly 600 pre-proposals by the July deadline. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Florida Students Win State Speech Contest
From USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida: Students ages 15 to 17 from Okeechobee, Manatee, Gilchrist and Jackson counties in Florida competed at the state level last Saturday in Ocala, Fla., during the annual Association of Florida Conservation District meeting. Students had won first place in their local Soil and Water District contests and then their Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle …
Longleaf Pine Restoration Efforts Continue
Associate Chief for Conservation with USDA’s Natural Resources Conversation Service, Leonard Jordan, encourages landowners who have not looked into the Longleaf Pine Initiative to do so by stopping by their local NRCS office. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research …
New USDA Conservation Partnership Program Receives Nearly 600 Initial Proposals
From the U.S. Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said today that USDA’s new Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), which brings together businesses, tribes, communities and other non-government partners to invest in conservation efforts, has drawn an overwhelming response from partners across the nation. Nearly 5,000 organizations partnered together to submit nearly 600 pre-proposals …
August 3-9 is National Farmers Market Week
From the U.S. Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has declared August 3 through 9, 2014, “National Farmers Market Week”. Throughout the week, USDA will celebrate our nation’s thousands of farmers markets, farmers who make them possible and the communities that host them. The declaration was made via an official proclamation signed by Secretary Vilsack. This year …
Alabama Landowner Honored for Longleaf Pine Restoration Work
An event took place last week in Washington D.C. marking the 5th anniversary of America’s Longleaf Restoration Initiative. And during that event, Alabama landowner Salem Saloom was honored for his work with longleaf pine restoration. Download Audio And Dr. Saloom talks even more about efforts to restore the longleaf pine across the Southeast… Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts …
ROI Study Shows $11.20 Return on Beef Checkoff Dollar
DENVER, Colo., July 31, 2014 – In the most comprehensive study ever rendered about the Return on Investment (ROI) of beef checkoff assessments, Dr. Harry Kaiser of Cornell University concludes that each dollar invested in the Beef Checkoff Program between 2006 and 2013 returned about $11.20 to the beef industry. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle …
USDA Extends Deadline for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program
From USDA’s Farm Service Agency: WASHINGTON, July 31, 2014 — U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Juan M. Garcia announced today that the enrollment deadline for the 2012 and 2013 Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) has been extended to Aug. 15, 2014. Originally, program sign-up was scheduled to end Aug. 1. …