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Alexandria, Louisiana, January 25, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing approximately $11.5 million in 38 cooperative agreements that support innovative, scalable waste management plans to reduce and divert food waste from landfills. This includes 2 projects in Louisiana.
FSA Accepting CFAP 2 Applications Beginning April 5
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 21, 2023 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can begin applying for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General signup starting February 27 through April 7, 2023. CRP is a cornerstone voluntary conservation program offered by the U.S.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Associate Administrator Francisco Sanchez of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience today reminded small nonfarm businesses in five Wyoming counties and neighboring counties in Idaho and Montana of the Feb. 26, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the following primary county that began May 1, 2023.
FSA Accepting CFAP 2 Applications Beginning April 5
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New program makes one-time payment to rice farmers based on 2022 plantings and prevented plantings
VIRGINIA, April 21, 2021 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA will open enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) with higher payment rates, new incentives, and a more targeted focus on the program’s role in climate change mitigation. Additionally, USDA is announcing investments in partnerships to increase climate-smart agriculture, including $330 million in 85 Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) projects and $25 million for On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials.
WASHINGTON, March 2, 2023 – Producers can now take a nationwide survey to help the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) improve and increase access to its programs and services for America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest managers. The survey includes new and existing customers. USDA encourages all agricultural producers to take the survey, especially those who have not worked with USDA previously.
