ATTRA

MARCH 11, 2024

Under the three-year, $80-million pilot program, the Alliance and its partners will help producers in Arkansas, Minnesota, North Dakota and Virginia prove the value of paying farmers and ranchers $100 per acre or animal unit for stewardship practices that deliver public value through carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas reduction, improved soil health, (..)

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ProAg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

To expedite payments, determine producer eligibility and calculate the ELRP 2022 payment, FSA is using livestock inventories and drought-affected forage acreage or restricted animal units and grazing days due to wildfire already reported to FSA by ranchers when they submitted their Livestock Forage Disaster Program applications.

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World Agri-Tech

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The pilot program will pay producers $100 per acre or animal unit for voluntary adoption of climate-smart practices that deliver more than that amount in public environmental benefits. According to Thompson, the credit for the pilot concept belongs to RIPE (Rural Investment to Protect our Environment).

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Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Lots of Animals, Little Space CAFOs, like the name concentrated animal feeding operation suggests, are livestock operations where a large number of animals are kept indoors, raised in confinement, and slaughtered.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 13, 2024

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.

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