USDA Offers Expanded Conservation Program Opportunities to Support Climate Smart Agriculture in 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is announcing several new and expanded opportunities for climate smart agriculture in 2022. Updates include nationwide availability of the…
Read More...Biden’s Action Plan Draws Mixed Reviews From Cattlemen
The Biden Administration’s Action Plan to invest $1 Billion to expand competition in the U.S. meat packing industry and strengthen enforcement of antitrust regulations drew mixed reactions from cattlemen. Biden…
Read More...Montana’s Tracy Stone-Manning: BLM director has lots of acres and a big to-do list
When Montanans talk about “public lands,” in the abstract, usually there’s a very specific place that has impressed on them what public lands are — a place they’ve formed an…
Read More...Should cultured meat be labeled identically to traditional meat?
USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service is asking consumers for their thoughts. Consumers, traditional meat producers and emerging meat producers continue to spar over what to call this new technology meat. The…
Read More...Senators request additional assistance for livestock producers affected by drought
United States Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont) and John Thune (R-S.D.) this week led a bipartisan group of senators in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA)…
Read More...USDA Invests $633 Million in Climate-Smart and Resilient Infrastructure for People in Rural Communities
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced earlier this month the Department is investing $633 million to reduce the impacts of climate change on rural communities. “Rural America…
Read More...USDA promised to invest in regional markets. Now, it’s happening
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has said many times since taking office that the agency would invest in local and regional markets in an effort to make the food system more…
Read More...The Bureau of Land Management begins evaluation of plans for sage-grouse conservation
In order to protect the long-term health of sage-grouse populations, review new science and comply with court direction, the Bureau of Land Management is beginning a process to consider updates to the…
Read More...Interior and Agriculture Departments Take Action to Strengthen Tribal Co-Stewardship of Public Lands and Waters
During the White House Tribal Nations Summit, President Biden announced that the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Agriculture have created the “Tribal Homelands Initiative.” This collaborative effort will improve…
Read More...Feds reverse Trump-era rule that dramatically reduced critical habitat for spotted owls
The USFWS recently announced a decision to maintain protections on over 3 million acres of forest habitat deemed critical for the survival of the threatened northern spotted owl. Those protections,…
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