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More pain for US farmers as government shutdown halts payments
The U.S. federal government shutdown that began Wednesday will halt some payments to farmers and delay access to federal farm loans, the latest blow for producers already facing low crop prices, record-high debts and a trade war at the height of the fall harvest.
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Print: Portraits of Conservation showcase the impact and importance of conservation funding
Invest In Our Land launched Portraits of Conservation, a traveling visual display traveling from South Dakota to Washington, D.C., displaying the importance of conservation programs and federal funding.
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Mitchell farmer shares his experience with conservation farming | SDPB
As conservation farming practices continue to grow in popularity, many are looking to states like South Dakota to keep farmland healthy and workable for the future.
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Art installation on Corn Palace promotes conservation farming
Visitors may notice something different at the World’s Only Corn Palace: faces plastered on the walls and the words “In Mitchell, conservation is tradition. Protect it.” Invest in Our Land is a conservation farming advocacy organization who put the message together, hoping to educate Americans about safeguarding the future of U.S. farmland. Rebecca Bartels is the Executive Director of Invest in our land, as well as a Onida, South Dakota native. She said the group wants the focus on the people laying the groundwork for conservation practices, and not just policy.
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Corn Palace becomes canvas for South Dakota farmers in conservation art project
More than a hundred giant portraits of South Dakota farmers cover the walls of the Corn Palace, part of a national public art project unveiled to spotlight agricultural conservation efforts and the producers who use them.
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Conservation advocates applaud federal funding boosts, but worry USDA can’t distribute them
Farmers and conservation organizations welcomed the additional funding for some conservation programs President Donald Trump signed into law this summer. But they also worry there won’t be enough federal staff around to ensure the programs’ success.
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