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Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture Enrolling Farms in North Dakota and Virginia

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The Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture , based at Virginia Tech, incentivizes and rewards farmers and ranchers for adopting climate-smart agricultural practices. Farms from two acres to 160 acres in designated areas of Virginia are eligible to apply.

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USDA to Begin Issuing $1.75 Billion to Agricultural Producers Through Critical Emergency Relief Programs

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Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it will begin issuing more than $1.75 Ranchers who lost grazing acres due to drought and wildfire and received assistance through ELRP Phase One will soon receive an additional payment through ELRP Phase Two. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2023 – The U.S. The post USDA to Begin Issuing $1.75

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Lawsuit Aims to Loosen CAFO Waste Restrictions in Wisconsin. Even Farmers Are Alarmed.

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To be classified as a CAFO, an operation must have at least 1,000 animal units (700 milking cows, 1,000 beef cattle, 2,500 pigs, 55,000 turkeys, 82,000 laying hens, or 125,000 chickens). “I Raff, an economist at the United States Department of Agriculture, authored a 2021 study on CAFOs and surface water quality.

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The Iowa Trout Stream at the Center of a Feedlot Fight

Civil Eats

According to the DNR, any open feedlot operation with 1,000 or more animal units needs to submit a plan to ensure the operation does not over-apply manure to surrounding cropland. And for good reason: Cattle is the top-ranked agricultural commodity in the U.S. So, when we try to farm at these very large scales.

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Virginia Tech Receives Record $80m Towards Climate-Smart Farming

World Agri-Tech

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will distribute more than $56 million to producers to enact climate-friendly practices and serve as a pilot program for a national model. This is a watershed program that helps the agricultural industry be a leader in addressing climate change.”

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