by sl_admin | Feb 2, 2021 | News
Shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook, posts claim that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden “wants American farmers to put their farmland into ‘land banks’” whereby the federal government “would then tell farmers what ‘sustainable’ plants they could...
by sl_admin | Dec 4, 2020 | News
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the signup periods for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the CRP Grasslands in 2021. Signup for general CRP will be open from Jan. 4, 2021, to Feb. 12, 2021, and signup for CRP Grasslands runs from...
by sl_admin | Nov 10, 2020 | News
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has completed and published updates to its set of National Conservation Practice Standards, which include 58 standards that have been updated or revised since August. The 2018...
by sl_admin | Oct 5, 2020 | News
1. WHEAT FUTURES HIGHER OVERNIGHT ON ADVERSE GLOBAL WEATHER Wheat futures were higher in overnight trading amid dry weather in several global growing areas. Dry weather is expected in much of the U.S. southern Plains for at least the next week or two, according to the...
by sl_admin | Oct 4, 2020 | News
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has named 379 priority watersheds to help agricultural producers improve water quality across the country. Producers in these targeted watersheds will receive focused financial and technical...
