It’s not clear what the additional aid would be for because USDA already pays farmers for any birds they must slaughter due to the virus, and roughly $1.2 billion has gone to those payments. The administration is also in talks to import about 70 million to 100 million eggs ...
FMC press release: December 18, 2018 – Collecting data at farmers markets is not a new endeavor. But until recently, the data was largely collected and used by researchers, often to understand the role farmers markets play in the broader food system. Over the last seven years, the Farmers ...
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide additional assistance through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), expanding eligibility for some agricultural producers and commodities as well as updating payments to accurat...
ThroughCRP, farmers and ranchers establish long-term, resource-conserving plant species, such as approved grasses or trees, to control soil erosion, improve water quality and enhance wildlife habitat on cropland. Farmers and ranchers who participate in CRP help provide numerous benefits to...
• Several modifications to existing policy and procedure to ensure that producers' prevented planting payments adequately reflect the crops the producer intended to plant. Specific information on the changes can be found here. • Allow acreage planted with an uninsured second crop following the fai...
Earlier in July, dairy caucus leaderRep. Peter Welchof Vermont introduced theDairy Fairness Act of 2009, H.R. 3166, which would index to inflation payments to farmers under theMilk Income Loss Contract, or MILC. Other legislators are pushing for a revised trigger for MILC payments. ...
Other federal farm payments to African American operated farms averaged $4,260, half the national average government farm payment of $9,518. About 31% of all African American farmers received some government payment compared to 50% of white farmers. ...