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USDA reorganization critiqued ahead of hearing
Ahead of a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing Wednesday on the Trump administration’s plans to reorganize the Agriculture Department, two former officials and a prominent professor of food studies said today they think the proposal is a bad idea.
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IRA funds appear to be headed to conservation programs
Money set aside for climate-smart agriculture may be included in farm bill.
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Congress must stand up for America’s farmers by protecting conservation funding
An Iowa farmer explains why agricultural conservation programs are crucial for farmers' resilience and profitability, urging Congress to protect this vital funding.
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Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze Halts American Farmers’ Conservation Efforts
For decades, the agency has funneled support and funding for conservation projects through hugely popular programs that are so in demand each year, the agency turns away applicants. These farm practices make the soil healthier and more productive.
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South Dakota farmer weighs in on repealed USDA funding
Virgil Two Eagle is a buffalo rancher from the Pine Ridge Reservation. USDA funding such as EQIP brings critical opportunities for Native American ranchers like Two Eagle. Ranchers on Pine Ridge have historically experienced financial hardships and struggled with implementing essential projects, and cost-share programs from USDA allow ranchers to make these improvements.
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Farmers face frozen jobs and heavier workloads under DOGE ‘efficiency’ budget
Anna Jones-Crabtree and her husband spend sunup to sundown — plus hours of time before and after — nurturing 20 crops through tight margins on their farm in Montana. Federal grants have long helped ease those tight margins, enabling farmers like Jones-Crabtree to survive and even thrive despite droughts and fires, market swings and crop failures.
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