Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 6/1/21


President Biden’s months-delayed budget calls for small increases in land stewardship spending, around $300 million a year in the near term, by USDA to mitigate climate change. The administration also proposed a $65 million increase in funding for USDA’s ReConnect program to deploy broadband to underserved areas. An additional $46 million would be earmarked for a Civilian Climate Corps to “provide pathways to employment for a diverse generation of Americans to promote environmental sustainability.”

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