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USDA, FAA and other partners extend partnership agreement on aviations biofuels for five more years
2013-04-16 12:30:35| Green Car Congress
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White House Budget: USDA, Crop Insurance & Conservation Take Hits
2013-04-15 23:12:00| Beef
David Bennett The White House budget proposal for 2014 would do away with direct payments to farmers and slash funding for USDA. The 6% proposed cut to USDA coffers joins other proposals such as lowering crop insurance subsidies and conservation program funding. read more
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USDA Budget Ends Direct Payments
2013-04-15 17:23:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC The administration released its $3.77 trillion budget for FY 2014, which proposes new taxes on wealthy individuals, cuts to Social Security and Medicare with increases for education and infrastructure. Top income earners tax deductions would be limited to 28%. USDAs budget is estimated at $146 billion. Nearly 83% of the budget is associated with mandatory programs, such as crop insurance, nutrition assistance, farm commodity and trade programs and various conservation programs. The remaining 17% is associated with discretionary programs, such as food safety, rural development loans and grants, research and education, animal and plant health, national forests, soil and water conservation technical assistance and Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program. The proposed budget would reduce the deficit by $38 billion over 10 years by eliminating direct payments, reduce subsidies for crop insurance companies and producers, and streamline conservation programs. read more
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USDA Climate Head: Global Warming To Bring More 'Miserable Days'
2013-04-12 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
U.S. News and World Report: The director of the United States Department of Agriculture's Climate Change Program said Wednesday that global warming will cause an increase in the number of "miserable days" over the next several years. William Hohenstein said that the "misery index," a measure of temperature and humidity, will continue to get higher in many parts of the country, especially the southwest. He said the number of days with temperatures above100 degrees will increase. With it, farmers might face increasingly difficult...
April 9 USDA Weekly Weather Update
2013-04-11 21:38:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: USDA Little or no precipitation fell across the northern and central Plains and the Corn Belt. However, Midwestern planting preparations were limited by low soil temperatures, and in some cases by muddy or icy field conditions. read more
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