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Young Farmers’ Analysis of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024

National Young Farmers Coalition

In 2018, we fought for FSA Direct Farm Ownership loan caps to be raised to $600,000 from the previous limit of $300,000, which was no longer meeting farmers’ needs in the real estate market. 2202) YELLOW FLAG Adds “precision agriculture” to the Conservation Title and creates practices in EQIP. 7125, 7204, 7208, 7305, 7503).

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Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

Civil Eats

By the time Byron passed away in 1931, he had accumulated 2,000 acres, on which he grew timber and raised livestock. Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. On the farm, Arthur raised some livestock and vegetables but mostly grew row crops like tobacco.