Dave Dufault, Vice President and General Manager of J.R. Simplot Company’s Retail Business, was installed as the 2015 Chairman of the Board for ARA on December 4.
The threatened end of cash subsidies to the nation’s row crop farmers dates back through at least the last two iterations of national agriculture policy legislation.
The new Supplemental Coverage Option, available through the federal crop insurance program and set to begin with the 2015 crop year, is designed to help protect producers from yield and market volatility.
The new five-year Farm Bill eliminates many of the direct payments previously payed to growers and could benefit from USDA clarification, reports a Toledo Blade columnist.
The bill provides $28 billion over the next five years for conservation on private lands while streamlining several old programs and creating new ones like the Regional Conservation Partnership Program.
USDA has processed 106,000 payments to farmers in 40 states across the country who suffered livestock and grazing losses between Oct. 2011 and passage of the 2014 Farm Bill.
The bill streamlines U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects, prioritizes authorized waterway improvements and provides needed adjustments to the Inland Waterways Trust Fund.
Economist Dr. David Sunding says the EPA significantly underestimates the economic impacts that the proposed “Waters of the United States” rule will have on local communities and businesses.
In his recent articles, Purdue Extension ag economist Roman Keeney explains the ways the farm bill has changed agricultural policy, outlines the new farm revenue protection programs and helps farmers start to evaluate their program decisions.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack reports major new initiatives have been established and existing programs have been reformed in the first 90 days of the 2014 Farm Bill.
The Ohio Senate has approved SB 150, directing the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) to establish a fertilizer applicator certification program in Ohio.
Despite its name, the Farm Bill isn’t just about helping farmers. It’s a jobs bill, an innovation bill, an infrastructure bill, a research bill, and a conservation bill — and it’s about growing our economy.
