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Does this cattle feedlot look “climate friendly” to you?
USDA should strategically expand list of climate-smart conservation practices
USDA conservation funding ‘guardrails’ vital for reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
When Congress provided almost $20 billion in Department of Agriculture funding for climate-smart farming practices, it included legislative “guardrails” to ensure the money goes to practices that...
New USDA data reveal that the largest factory farms keep growing in number
The largest factory farms that are bad for farmers, the environment and public health keep growing in number, according to new data the Department of Agriculture released today.
Increasing crop reference prices would hurt young farmers
Four ways to reduce emissions from food and farming
USDA: Conservation backlogs grow despite new climate-smart funding
USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program needs reform to improve climate benefits
Giving IRA conservation funds to farm subsidies threatens millions of cover crop acres
Farm bill for the few?
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently pleaded with Congress to reform farm policies to serve the “many and the most,” not the few, citing data showing family farms lagging behind their bigger...
USDA conservation funding benefits all farmers, not just rice, cotton and peanut farmers
All farmers and ranchers – regardless of what they grow or where they live – can participate in Department of Agriculture conservation programs.
Despite new climate-smart funds, agricultural conservation programs remain oversubscribed
The Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, set aside $19.5 billion for agricultural conservation programs that pay farmers to implement conservation practices that reduce agriculture’s greenhouse gas...
USDA livestock subsidies top $59 billion
Federal Crop Insurance Program reforms can help farmers adapt to climate crisis and cut taxpayer costs
Farmers both contribute to the climate crisis – they’re responsible for producing at least 11 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions – and can also be devastated by its harmful effects, with extreme...
Corn Belt farmers could dramatically reduce nitrous oxide emissions with a handful of conservation practices
Increasing price guarantees primarily benefits Southern states, analysis shows
The Conservation Reserve Program is failing. Congress should fix it.
Funding for climate-smart agriculture critical to tackling the climate emergency
Slashing food, climate funds to boost subsidies would hurt farmers, hungry people
Speaker McCarthy should target farm subsidies for the wealthy, not food stamps
This week, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made ending food assistance for many hungry people one of his demands for raising the debt ceiling.