On Thursday, January 6, USDA’s Risk Management Agency issued a proposed rule to provide “good performance” refunds to farmers with no or with a limited number of claims within a given period of time. The rule includes very specific provisions for new or beginning farmers who were not primary operators of a farm for more […]
Archives for January 2011
President Obama Signs Food Safety Modernization Act into Law
On Tuesday, January 4, President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act into law, marking the end of the bill’s tumultuous road to passage and the beginning of what may prove to be another lengthy road to correctly implement and fund its provisions. As reported in a number of previous blog posts, the bill – […]
CSP 2011 Sign-Up Deadline Extended; New CSP Enhancements Approved and Scored
The application deadline to apply to enroll in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) for 2011 has just been extended from January 7 until January 21, 2011. The extension will provide a few more weeks for farmers and ranchers to consider whether to submit an application at their local USDA office. While CSP is a continuous […]
NSAC Announces Strategic Initiative Grant Award Winners
The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition is very excited to announce a new round of Strategic Initiative Grant (SIG) awards that will build our coalition’s grassroots strength for the 2012 Agriculture Appropriations and Farm Bill Campaigns. NSAC thinks the best way to achieve long-term food and farm policy change is to build the capacity of its […]