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

ProAg

billion in emergency relief payments to eligible farmers and livestock producers. Emergency Livestock Relief Program This week, FSA will issue more than $581 million in 2021 and 2022 drought and wildfire emergency relief to eligible ranchers. FSA is closing out the Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) for losses suffered in 2021.

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Wisconsin Towns Are Trying to Limit CAFO Growth. Big Dairy Is Fighting Back

Daily Yonder

“Demand for dairy products overall, both United States domestic and export demand, continues to grow,” said Charles Nicholson, an agriculture and economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Livestock waste runoff has been linked to various public health problems such as cancers , infant deaths and miscarriages.

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

Daily Yonder

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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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. All those cattle drink a lot of water,” said Jones, who is an expert witness in the case.

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

World Agri-Tech

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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