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Nov 4, 2024 · USDA Announces Investments for Tribal Communities and Acequias and Finalizes Agreements with Irrigation Districts to Produce Water-Saving Commodities
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USDA Announces $3 Billion Investment in Agriculture, Animal …
Sep 29, 2021 · USDA is committed to partnering with agriculture, forestry and rural communities to develop climate solutions that strengthen rural America. Today, Secretary Vilsack announced a new initiative to finance the deployment of climate-smart farming and forestry practices to aid in the marketing of climate-smart agricultural commodities.
USDA Announces Framework for Shoring Up the Food Supply …
Jun 1, 2022 · USDA is committed to ensuring every American family has access to affordable, nutritious foods. That is why USDA’s Food System Transformation framework includes programs to ensure all consumers are able to access fresh, healthy, nutritious food.
News & Announcements - Agricultural Marketing Service
11-21-2024 USDA, DOL Launch Nation’s First Federal Sponsored Student Apprenticeship Program in Partnership with Tuskegee University 11-19-2024 USDA Partners with the District of Columbia to Award $1.4 Million to Strengthen Food Supply Chain Infrastructure
FSA News - USDA Farm Service Agency
USDA Designates New Jersey Counties Primary Natural Disaster Areas Due to Excessive Heat, Excessive Rain and High Winds; Additional Counties in Pennsylvania and New York as Contiguous Emergency Designation
USDA Announces Major Program Improvements, Progress, and …
Jan 9, 2023 · USDA is announcing two new programs that wrap-up and fill remaining gaps in previous natural disaster and pandemic assistance. To be eligible for ERP Phase Two, producers must have suffered a decrease in allowable gross revenue in 2020 or 2021 due to necessary expenses related to losses of eligible crops from a qualifying natural disaster event.
USDA to Issue $306 Million in Final Payments to Producers …
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2024 - The U. S Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing final Emergency Relief Program (ERP) payments totaling approximately $306 million to eligible commodity and specialty crop producers who incurred losses due to natural disasters in 2020 and 2021. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will begin issuing these additional ...
USDA Announces Additional $250 Million in Financial Assistance …
En EspanolWASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an additional $250 million in automatic payments for distressed direct and guaranteed farm loan borrowers under Section 22006 of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Biden-Harris Administration Makes up to $7.7 Billion Available
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced up to $7.7 billion in assistance for fiscal year 2025 to help agricultural and forestry producers adopt conservation practices on working lands.