National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Reports, Publications, and Research In February, NSAC launched Unsustainable: State of the Farm Safety Net which features a comprehensive analysis of the accessibility and concentration of public dollars distributed through crop insurance premium subsidies, commodity programs, and ad-hoc disaster assistance.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2023

As an example, Cover Crop is a basic Conservation Practice that NRCS compensates producers for in multiple conservation programs. As an example, NRCS considers the use of multi-species cover crops to improve soil health and increase soil organic matter an enhancement on the basic Cover Crop practice. B000CPL24).

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Photo credit: Lindsey Scalera This week, the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) published a directory of crop insurance agents that specialize in selling Whole-Farm Revenue Protection. To be included in the list, crop insurance agents self-identified themselves as willing WFRP and Micro Farm agents.

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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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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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World Agri-Tech

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Virginia Tech will distribute more than $56 million directly to producers to help them enact these climate-smart agricultural practices for crop and animal production. The initiative will help agriculture and forestry — the largest private sector industries in Virginia — continue to thrive.

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