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ELRP Funding For Cattle Producers

Dan September 18, 2025 Agri-Business, Beef, Cattle, Funding, USDA-FSA

USDA Announces $1 Billion in Disaster Assistance for Livestock Producers U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that eligible livestock producers impacted by floods and wildfires in 2023 and 2024 will receive disaster recovery assistance through the Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP). “That’s for flood and wildfire disaster. To help offset increased supplemental feed costs due to the qualifying …

Improved Citrus Gene Editing
A University of Connecticut researcher recently made advancements in citrus gene editing techniques to reduce the drawbacks of traditional methods. The researcher is Yi Li, professor of horticultural plant breeding biotechnology in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources. BACKGROUND Scientists employ genome-editing technologies to precisely modify a plant’s own genes, either by inactivating […]
South Africa Applauds U.S. Tariff Exemption on Oranges
The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA) welcomed new U.S. tariff exemptions that include oranges. It stated that the new exemption is great news for the 2026 season, which starts around April. According to CGA, the exemption once again makes South African oranges competitive in the U.S. market, which holds opportunities for increased exports […]

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