WASHINGTON, March 1, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced supplemental American Rescue Plan Act funding for the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP). The program will receive a total of $130 million in supplemental American Rescue Plan (ARP) … Continue reading →
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2022 – Farmers and ranchers now can anonymously report potentially unfair and anticompetitive practices in the livestock and poultry sectors using an online tool the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Justice (DOJ) launched today. The launch of … Continue reading →
WASHINGTON – House Agriculture Subcommittee Chair Abigail Spanberger delivered the following statement at today’s hearing “A 2022 Review of Farm Bill Conservation Programs”. [As prepared for delivery] Good morning — and welcome to today’s hearing to update members on the status and operation … Continue reading →
Courtesy TSCRA – When Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Rangers Larry Hand and Bo Fox showed up to Charles Allen Robinson Jr.’s home with a warrant Jan. 27, the accused didn’t go easy. In fact, it took the … Continue reading →
CEDAR CITY, Utah — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cedar City Field Office has approved a 10-year plan to achieve wild horse appropriate management levels in the Sulphur Herd Management Area (HMA) to restore a thriving, natural ecological balance on … Continue reading →
Michael Wilson – In the Western United States there are few issues as contentious as water. Who controls the waterways? Who knows the best ways to allocate the resource? Who knows how to best protect the water and those who … Continue reading →
FORT WORTH, Texas — Courtesy TSCRA – Hughes Abell, president of the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, issued the following statement after U.S. Reps. Kevin Brady and Jake Ellzey introduced the High-Speed Rail Land Acquisition Assurance Act to protect … Continue reading →
Courtesy American Farm Bureau – Member farmers from the American Farm Bureau Federation will participate in a roundtable on Thursday, Jan. 6, about the impact of the proposal to repeal and replace the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR). The event … Continue reading →
By Brianna Randall, NRCS Working Lands for Wildlife – Jan 05, 2022 On the mixed-grass prairie in Nebraska’s Loess Canyons, Scott Stout runs a 500-head cow-calf operation on the N-N Ranch with his wife, their five kids aged nine to … Continue reading →
FORT WORTH, Texas — Hughes Abell, president of the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association issued the following statement after the White House announced measures they believe will increase fairness, competitiveness and resilience in the meat and poultry supply chain: … Continue reading →
