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Letter Urging Administration to Protect Crop Insurance in Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Proposal

NASDA

Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Sen. John Boozman, Ranking Member, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Rep. Rice Producers Association USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council USA Rice Western Peanut Growers Association Cc: Sen. GT Thompson, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture Rep.

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Understanding the COMET-Planner Tool

ATTRA

This means that one acre of cover crop on irrigated farmland with a 25% reduction in nitrogen fertilizer will sequester 0.27 For example, if you want to know how much CO2 equivalent will be sequestered for cover cropping one acre in Travis County, Texas, entering 1 acre in the model will yield zero. tonnes per year, not zero.

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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

NASDA

We write to express our gratitude for your efforts to advance the 2024 farm bill within your jurisdictions and to seek your continued support for passing this critical legislation before the end of the year. If Congress does not come together this year to enact a bipartisan farm bill, the legislative process will begin anew in the 119th Congress.

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125 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2025

Food Tank

40 Acres & A Mule Project , United States 40 Acres & A Mule seeks to acquire Black-owned farmland to be used to celebrate and preserve the history, food, and stories of Black culture in food and farming. American Farmland Trust (AFT) , United States AFT is dedicated to protecting and preserving farmland and ranchland in the U.S.,

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Elementor #747575

National Young Farmers Coalition

The Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024 was recently introduced by U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). This bill builds on the framework she shared earlier this year, with even more concrete proposals aimed at boosting rural communities and supporting farmers.