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PFAS Shut Maine Farms Down. Now, Some Are Rebounding.

Civil Eats

This gives a blueprint of the situation and provides an opportunity to consider mitigation strategies such as changing the rotation of livestock, cleaning up the water, or trying a different crop.” This year,” says Stanley, “We’re sending samples to the University of Minnesota to test breaking [the hemp] down and turning it into biofuels.”

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Correcting the Record: The IRA Made More Money Available for All Conservation Work

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Livestock Partnership Anaerobic Digester $1,806,244 $3,943,914 0.3% Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Practices, EQIP FY2021 CSAF Category Practice Name Financial Assistance Total FA For CSAF Category Percent of Total EQIP Financial Assistance Soil Health Conservation Cover $5,134,163 $142,748,326 11.3% Grand Totals $381,524,784 30.1%

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Food as Filler OR Food as Medicine?

UnderstandingAg

This production is mostly used for animal feeds and biofuels. In comparison, many regenerative farms and ranches have a diverse crop rotation and multiple species of livestock, all produced on the same acres or overlapping acres each year. An acre may provide foraging for cattle, sheep, pigs, laying hens, broilers and turkeys.

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Coalition Letter Supporting USDA Secretary Nominee Brooke Rollins

NASDA

Rollins has been engaged in American agriculture since an early age, baling hay and raising livestock in Glen Rose, Texas. She continues to raise livestock today and is now passing her passion for agriculture on to her children, who are also involved in FFA and showing steers. Apple Association U.S. Beet Sugar Association U.S.

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