Appropriations Priorities

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition’s appropriations priorities are determined annually by our member organizations.  Our Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 appropriations priorities include the following funding requests:

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program
NSAC FY 2013 Request = $30 M

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Value Added Producer Grant (VAPG) Program
NSAC FY 2013 Request = $30 M

National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (also known as ATTRA)
NSAC FY 2013 Request = $3.0 M

Farm Service Agency

Beginning Farmer and Rancher Individual Development Account (IDA) Pilot Program
NSAC FY 2013 Request = $5.0 M

Direct Farm Ownership Loans (Program Level)
NSAC FY 2013 Request = $600.0 M

Direct Farm Operating Loans (Program Level)
NSAC FY 2013 Request = $1,050.0 M

Farm Bill Conservation Mandatory Programs

Conservation Stewardship Program and other mandatory conservation programs
NSAC FY 2013 Request = no limitation on farm bill direct funding

Other Farm Bill Mandatory Programs

NSAC FY 2013 Request = no limitation on farm bill direct funding for the following programs:

We also oppose any limitation to full implementation of the Packers & Stockyards rule on fair competition that Congress directed USDA to promulgate in the 2008 Farm Bill.