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USDA Announces Grants to Help Small Business Strengthen Innovation in Private Industry
Contact: Jennifer Martin (202) 720-8188 WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2013 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced more than $18 million in grants to small businesses to conduct research…
Read More...USDA, EPA Partnership Supports Water Quality Trading To Benefit Environment, Economy
December 3, 2013 WASHINGTON – The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have announced an expanded partnership to support water quality trading and…
Read More...USFWS Gray Wolf Comments Deadline and Meetings Scheduled
Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Maintaining Protections for the Mexican Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) by Listing It as Endangered This…
Read More...Secretary Jewell Issues Executive Order on Conservation and Development Planning
THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON ORDER NO. 3330 Subject: Improving Mitigation Policies and Practices of the Department of the Interior Sec. 1 Purpose. The Department of the Interior is…
Read More...Secretary Jewell Offers Vision for Conservation, Balanced Development, Youth Engagement in National Press Club Speech
Calls on Congress to protect and support nation’s lands and waters; Issues first Secretarial Order to establish Department-wide mitigation strategy to ensure efficiency, consistency, conservation in infrastructure development; Sets ambitious…
Read More...Secretary Vilsack Highlights First-Ever Report on USDA Efforts to Expand Agroforestry Practices on Farms, Ranches and Woodlands
WASHINGTON, October 28, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the first-ever report on USDA’s role advancing agroforestry. Agroforestry: USDA Reports to America details how agroforestry practices are helping farmers, ranchers…
Read More...Payments for Popular Conservation Program Ready Following Shutdown Delay
Contact: Jody Holzworth (202) 720-3210 WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2013 – Farmers waiting for their Conservation Security or Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) payments should receive them in the coming days. The…
Read More...USDA Issues Conservation Reserve Program Rental Payments, Direct Payments and ACRE Payments
USDA Issues Conservation Reserve Program Rental Payments, Direct Payments and ACRE Payments 10/21/2013 04:42 PM ED WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2013 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA has begun…
Read More...Member sought for Colorado Sportsmen's Roundtable in Southwest Region
9/17/2013 Division of Wildlife DURANGO, Colo. — Colorado Parks and Wildlife is seeking a new representative to serve on the Sportsmen’s Roundtable for the southwest region. The agency is seeking…
Read More...USDA Releases Annual Report of Foreign Investors’ Holdings of U.S. Agricultural Land
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2013 — USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) has released its annual publication regarding foreign investors’ holdings of United States agricultural land. The publication contains statistics that…
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