NSAC Archives for the 'Sustainable Livestock' Category

Path to the 2012 Farm Bill: Senate Markup – Conservation Title

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Note to Readers — This is the fourth in a series of posts on the 2012 Farm Bill reported out of the Senate Agriculture Committee on April 26.  With respect to conservation issues, previous posts have covered the Conservation Stewardship Program and sodsaver/highly erodible land and wetland conservation.  This post covers other conservation title programs. Read the Rest…

2012 Farm Bill, Beginning Farmers, CAFOs, Conservation / Land Stewardship, Minority Farmers, Organic Agriculture, Sustainable Livestock | No Comments

Path to the 2012 Farm Bill: Senate Markup – Conservation Stewardship Program

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Note to Readers — This is the second in a series of posts on the 2012 Farm Bill reported out of the Senate Agriculture Committee on April 26. Step Forward, Two Steps Backward for Conservation Stewardship Program First the good news: the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) remains part of the revised conservation title for the 2012 Read the Rest…

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Court Orders FDA to Resume Hearings Examining Antibiotic Use in Animal Feed

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

On Thursday, March 22, U.S. District Court of Southern New York Judge Theodore H. Katz ordered the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reissue its proposal to examine the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), nearly 70 percent of all antibiotics used in this country are given Read the Rest…

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Obama’s FY 2013 USDA Budget Request

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

On Monday, February 13, President Obama submitted his budget request to Congress for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013.  For sustainable agriculture interests, the budget proposal is a mixed bag, with big cuts to working lands conservation programs, and both cuts and increases to discretionary spending accounts for sustainable agriculture programs. As far as the upcoming 2012 Read the Rest…

2012 Farm Bill, Agriculture Appropriations, Beginning Farmers, Budget, Conservation / Land Stewardship, Farm Credit, Food Deserts, Food Safety, Local Food and Marketing, Minority Farmers, Nutrition Programs, Organic Agriculture, Renewable Energy / Climate Change, Research and Extension, Risk Management, Rural Development, Specialty Crops, Sustainable Livestock | 1 Comment

FSIS Proposed Rule for Generic Labels

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a proposed rule to change its generic label approval process.  This new rule would allow food processing establishments to use new labels or to modify labels on a broader set of products without first submitting the labels to FSIS for approval.  FSIS will still verify that labels comply Read the Rest…

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If you eat and live in America

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

If you eat and live in America, you should be concerned about the future of farming in this country.  The average age of our nation’s farmers is 57 years old, with more than a quarter of all farmers 65 or older.  There are many people inspired to farm, but as recent studies show, our nation’s Read the Rest…

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Food and Farm Bill Alive in 2012!

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Dear Supporters, We previously reported to you that a 2011 Food and Farm Bill appeared imminent.  Days before Thanksgiving the Congressional “Super Committee” failed to reach agreement on $1.2 trillion in budget cuts.  With that, the 2011 Farm Bill proposal intended for inclusion in the Super Committee’s deficit reduction bill is thus no more. The Read the Rest…

2012 Farm Bill, Act Now, Beginning Farmers, Conservation / Land Stewardship, Farm Credit, Farm Program Reform, Farm to School, Food Deserts, Local Food and Marketing, Organic Agriculture, Renewable Energy / Climate Change, Research and Extension, Rural Development, Specialty Crops, Sustainable Livestock, Take Action Alerts | 1 Comment

An Extraordinary Opportunity

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Who will grow food for future generations? Act now to help launch a new generation of sustainable farmers and ranchers! The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture called attention to a real worry when he asked: “Why not place the nation’s attention on the need for young farmers on the same plane as police officers and teachers? Read the Rest…

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Conservation Stewardship Program Update – Part II

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Note:  This is the second of several blog posts that summarizes initial data we are receiving from USDA National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) on the Conservation Stewardship Program.  You can read the first blog post in this series here. In last week’s blog Update on the Conservation Stewardship Program – Part I we highlighted data Read the Rest…

2012 Farm Bill, Conservation / Land Stewardship, Organic Agriculture, Renewable Energy / Climate Change, Sustainable Livestock | 1 Comment

USDA Loan Program Can Help Finance New Meat Plants

Friday, July 29th, 2011

by Kate Fitzgerald NSAC welcomes back Kate Fitzgerald, a farm and food policy consultant, to our pages as a guest blogger.  Thanks Kate! USDA’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food blog published the first of two articles on Rural Development’s grant and loan programs that can be used to develop or improve small meat and Read the Rest…

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