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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced supplemental American Rescue Plan Act funding for the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP).
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Elevating Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge

NIFA recognizes the contributions indigenous communities have made to advancing environmental sustainability and responsible stewardship of natural resources.
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USDA-NRCS grant application closes on May 9

Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Conservation Partnership Grant Agreement Funding Opportunity for NRCS Missouri grant opened on March 8.
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Export Sales to Philippines, China, and Unknown Destinations

Release: Private exporters reported the following activity.
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Chair Antonio Delgado Releases Statement on Hearing, “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Rural Development”

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Chair Antonio Delgado delivered the following statement after today’s hearing with USDA Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small...
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Ranking Member Boozman Calls on USDA to Allow Flexibilities to Counter Market Disruptions Caused by Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, called on U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to delay the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) sign-up deadline and provide flexibility for farmers to purchase crop insurance to help counter the unprecedented disruption in global crop markets brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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USDA-FAS-GP-10619 offers new grant application process starting March 8

International Agricultural Education Fellowship Program, Northern Triangle grant opened on March 8.
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USDA-NRCS grant application closes on April 8

Montana Partners for Conservation Fiscal Year 22 grant opened on March 8.
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USDA-NRCS grant application closes on April 22

FY 22 Florida Agriculture Conservation Easement Program grant opened on March 8.
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Agriculture Department discusses Notice of Proposed New Fee Site(s) on March 7

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Chair Antonio Delgado Opening Statement at Hearing “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Rural Development”

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Chair Antonio Delgado delivered the following statement at today’s hearing “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Rural Development" with USDA Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small.
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USDA-NRCS offers new grant application process starting March 8

New York State Annual FY22 NFO for Contribution Agreements grant opened on March 8.
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USDA-NIFA offers new grant application process starting March 8

Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program &- Organic Transitions grant opened on March 8.
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USDA-NRCS offers new grant application process starting March 8

Oregon State Conservation Innovation Grant Program grant opened on March 8.
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Classify the State of Sonora, Mexico, as Level I for Brucellosis discussed on March 7 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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USDA-NIFA grant application closes on July 28

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Sustainable Agricultural Systems grant opened on March 8.
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USDA-NIFA Invests Over $15M in Agricultural Economics and Rural Communities

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced an investment of over $15 million to support building new and better markets for U.S. agriculture and rural communities.
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APHIS, NIFA-Funded Research Protecting the Nation’s Poultry Industry

Recently, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed it has detected Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in multiple states.
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President Biden and USDA Invest More Than $166.5 Million in Infrastructure to Protect American Communities

President Joe Biden and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $166.5 million in 108 infrastructure projects as part of implementing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
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Science says thinned forests are healthy forests

Forest Service science shows that thinning and fuels treatments work. Historically, many western forests were far less dense and extremely variable.
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