Sep 26
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing a second Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) payment to eligible producers for the 2024 crop year. Of the authorized $10 billion in ECAP assistance, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) has already provided over $8 billion in payments to eligible producers to mitigate the impacts of increased input …
Sep 25
While at the Ag Outlook Forum in Kansas City, Farm Director KC Sheperd heard comments from Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins, who laid out new plans to support America’s farmers and warned that agriculture is facing some of its toughest challenges yet. Rollins emphasized the urgency of her message: “We have a lot, a lot of …
