National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2023

CSP pays producers to improve, maintain, and actively manage conservation activities already in place at the time of application and to adopt new conservation activities during the life of the five-year contract. E340C), and bundles start with a B (ex. B000CPL24).

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Crop Rotation Forage Pasture Crop 94

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Climate Change We were glad to see that five out of the nine practices that NSAC recommended to NRCS on the FY25 list of Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry practices were added: conservation crop rotation to reduce salt concentration; the use of soil health assessment for the development of cover crop mix to improve soil health; adding food-producing (..)

Agriculture 109

Agriculture Agriculture Food Farming 109

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In practice, separate IRA and Farm Bill funding pools mean that farmers hoping to implement Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry (CSAF) practices, conservation activities that have long been available in EQIP and CSP, will receive funding from the IRA pool created within the conservation program they apply to. Appendix Table 1.

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Crop Rotation Pasture Forestry Forage 59

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The IRA funds target climate-smart agriculture and forestry, with FY2023 marking the first year that these funds were used to fund CSP contracts that included climate-smart practices. IRA Expanded CSP’s Footprint The IRA provided an additional $19.5 billion over five years to bolster USDA conservation programs , including $3.25

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Acre Cultivation Forestry Agriculture 98

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The bill currently has nine co-sponsors, most serving on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Peter Welch (D-VT), John Fetterman (D-PA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT).

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Crop Farming Farming Production 76

World Agri-Tech

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The initiative will help agriculture and forestry — the largest private sector industries in Virginia — continue to thrive. Agriculture and forestry combine for an annual economic impact of over $90 billion. They are a crucial component of Virginia’s economy, especially in our rural areas.

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Farming Farming Forestry Agriculture 52