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Growing Climate Solutions Act Reintroduced

April 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act Has been Reintroduced in the Senate U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Senator Lindsey Graham [...]

Food and Farm Business Webinars

October 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

Upcoming Food and Farm Business Webinars from the Michigan State University Product Center Food Business Legal 101 – Food and Farm Business Webinars October 28, 2020 [...]

Strengthening Local Processing Act and More

October 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

Strengthening Local Processing Act, Food Safety Outreach Program Racial Equity Data Analysis, and Climate and Agriculture Legislation Roundup in the latest news roundup from [...]

Farm Loans and Crop Insurance Changes and More

April 6, 2020 // 0 Comments

Farm Loans and Crop Insurance Changes from USDA, Confusion over SBA Assistance Under CARES Act, Agriculture Research Funding and more news from the National Sustainable [...]

COVID-19 Resources for Farmers

April 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

COVID-19 Resources for Farmers List Reports estimate that local and regional food supply systems could lose up to $3.1 billion just between March and May this year. While [...]

Stimulus Bill and Farmers – NFU Analysis

March 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

Stimulus Bill and Farmers – Bill Provides Support for Farmers, Rural Hospitals To alleviate the current and potential economic fallout from the global COVID-19 [...]

Farm Groups to Help Farmers Manage Stress

December 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

Farm Groups Partner to Help Farmers Manage Stress Training Program Will Help Individuals Identify Signs of Chronic Stress and Offer Effective Coping Skills [...]

Free Farmer Assistance in Wisconsin

October 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

Free Farmer Assistance from the Wisconsin Farm Center All farmers are eligible to contact Farm Center staff consultants through the Farm Center Helpline at [...]

Opportunity Zone Fund for Sustainable Agriculture

July 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

Harvest Returns Opportunity Zone Fund for Sustainable Agriculture Harvest Returns, an investment platform for agriculture, has launched the Sustainable Agriculture [...]

Deadline for Conservation Assistance Funding

July 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

NRCS Announces Deadline for Conservation Assistance Funding The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Texas has announced the first application funding [...]