Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 8/26/21


Congress should provide $30 billion for climate-friendly agricultural practices and organic production in the upcoming reconciliation bill, said five dozen farm, environmental, and food groups in a letter to Democratic leaders on Wednesday. The USDA would see a $135 billion increase in spending over 10 years under the budget resolution that set the so-called reconciliation process in motion. “We will have robust investment” in land stewardship in the reconciliation bill, Senate Agriculture Committee chairwoman Debbie Stabenow told reporters. She declined to attach a price tag to her forecast but...

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