After nearly three months of frozen payments, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has canceled a five-year, $35 million climate-smart agriculture grant to a Freeport demonstration farm. Wolfe's Neck ...

The University of Idaho’s largest grant — used to provide direct payment to Idaho producers for developing sustainable ...

Brooke Rollins, Trump’s secretary of agriculture, rescinded all diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the agency on her first day in office. She also canceled more than $132 million in ...

Iowa farmers, struggling with two years of financial losses, will get some relief as spring approaches. It and Texas lead the ...

The USDA is awaiting President Donald Trump's final decision on tariffs to assess the potential impact on farmers. Rollins ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is prepared to provide financial assistance to farmers impacted by potential ... and eliminate the need for support payments. The USDA also announced $537 ...

The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act, introduced in both the Senate and House, seeks to improve the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s payment structure for ranchers and farmers.

Farmers can sign up until August 15. Farmers can use the ECAP calculator provided by USDA-FSA to get an idea of what their payment could be potentially. The next question is: when will USDA issue ...

The Department of Agriculture has said progress is being made to clear a backlog of payments due to farmers under the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) climate initiative that ...

The Act aims to prevent the USDA from canceling contracts, closing offices without notice, and ensure timely payments to farmers. Advocates for farmers and sustainable agriculture emphasize the ...

The estimates are based on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's payment schedule and states' planted acres last year. More: Foods program was lifeline for small Iowa farmers. Can they survive ...