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Farm Bureau Analysis: 2022 Crop Losses Top $21 Billion
Farm Bureau Analysis: 2022 Crop Losses Top $21 Billion
Farm Bureau Analysis: 2022 Crop Losses Top $21 Billion
The American Farm Bureau Federation estimates 2022 crop losses due to weather and climate change at more than $21.4 billion.  The AFBF Market Intel analysis shows in 2022, 18 weather and climate disasters, each with damages exceeding $1 billion struck the United States.  As we t...
Proposal Would Encourage Oregon Farmers To Purchase E-Tractors
Proposal Would Encourage Oregon Farmers To Purchase E-Tractors
Proposal Would Encourage Oregon Farmers To Purchase E-Tractors
A bill in the Oregon legislature would add electric farm tractors to the list of vehicles eligible for rebates.  State Representative, Wilsonville’s Courtney Neron said an incentive would start the process.   "If we do not incentivize the transition to electric agricultural vehicles, then we are also missing an important opportunity to reduce emissions in the agricultural sector which also pl
Vilsack Unsure If Funds Can Be Moves For Conservation Efforts
Vilsack Unsure If Funds Can Be Moves For Conservation Efforts
Vilsack Unsure If Funds Can Be Moves For Conservation Efforts
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said recently it’s premature to ask if billions of dollars in Inflation Reduction Act conservation funds can be transferred to the upcoming Farm Bill, even though the need will likely exist.  The decision will be up to Congress, but Vilsack and the administration will have a say in whether to use some of the Inflation Reduction Act’s $16 billion for programs like
National Ag Day Essay Contest Looking for Entries
National Ag Day Essay Contest Looking for Entries
National Ag Day Essay Contest Looking for Entries
Ahead of National Ag Day, March 21st, the Agriculture Council of America is hosting an essay contest.  The theme for the year is "Growing a Climate for Tomorrow: How American Agriculture Does it Every Day".  The essay contest is divided into two categories, either a written essay or a video essay.  Both are nat...
Omnibus Includes Growing Climate Solutions Act, SUSTAINS Act
Omnibus Includes Growing Climate Solutions Act, SUSTAINS Act
Omnibus Includes Growing Climate Solutions Act, SUSTAINS Act
The National Milk Producers Federation commended Congress this week for including the Growing Climate Solutions Act and the SUSTAINS Act in its final fiscal year 2023 budget package.   The measures, NMPF said, will help dairy producers seek additional sustainability opportunities as they work to fulfill the dairy sector’s voluntary, producer-led goal of becoming greenhouse gas neutral or better by

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