funding

Funding Announced for Renewable Tech in Ag

Dan Agri-Business, Funding, Technology, This Land of Ours

Funding the future of ag tech. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The Department of Agriculture and the Energy Department this week launched a new initiative to help farmers cut costs and increase income using underutilized renewable technologies. Through the Rural and Agricultural Income & Savings from Renewable Energy initiative, USDA is setting an initial goal of helping …

financial

USDA Getting Word Out About 22007 Financial Assistance Program

Dan Agri-Business, Economy, Funding, Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), This Land of Ours, USDA-NRCS

If you’ve been discriminated against in the past by USDA, officials want you to know about a special program of financial assistance. Gary Crawford has the story coming up on This Land of Ours. If you are a farmer or a forest landowner who feels USDA has in the past discriminated against you in its farm programs, you may be …

climate-smart agriculture

IRA Funding for Climate-Smart Agriculture

Dan Agri-Business, Agricultural Conservation Easement Program – Wetland Reserve Easements (ACEP-WRE), Climate Change, Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), Environment, Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), This Land of Ours, USDA-NRCS

Investing in climate-smart agriculture. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced funding for agricultural producers and forest landowners to participate in voluntary conservation programs and adopt climate-smart practices. The Inflation Reduction Act provided an additional $19.5 billion over five years for climate-smart agriculture through several USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) programs. NRCS is …

inflation

Inflation Hitting Farm Families

Dan Economy

Inflation is ‘front and center’ for agriculture and other sectors as Washington lawmakers fight over ways to control it ahead of the November midterm elections. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says farm families are facing tough pocketbook issues at the Iowa State and county fairs this year. “We are in a recession, and a lot of these families that normally are …

speaker

Agricultural Impacts of Inflation Reduction Act

Dan Legislative

With the Senate passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says the act will change the world. “Our bill reduces inflation, lowers costs, creates millions of manufacturing jobs, enhances our energy security, and is the boldest climate package in U.S. history,” he said during a press conference after the August 7 vote. “The Senate has now …