Climate Change and Agriculture and More News
Here’s the latest news from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition featuring Climate Change and Agriculture, Conservation Stewardship Program, and Federal Research Agency Move…
CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGRICULTURE NEWS
Is American Agriculture Prepared for the Climate Challenge? – The 4th National Climate Assessment – “Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States,” released by the Administration just after Thanksgiving, underscores the very real climate change-related challenges that American producers can expect to face in the coming years. Given the consequences of inaction for climate change and agriculture, we must ensure that those on the frontlines have the tools they need to adapt to the effects of a changing climate and mitigate their contributions to it.
USDA NEWS
Expiring CSP Contracts Now Eligible for Extension in 2019 – Farmers and ranchers received some good news this week when the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced that producers with existing Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) contracts would be given the opportunity to renew their contracts in 2019. When the 2014 Farm Bill expired on September 30, 2018, NRCS lost its authority to extend or renew expiring CSP contracts – many of which expire at the end of this year.
AG Leaders Speak Out Against Pending Move of Federal Research Agencies – 21 former U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists, Undersecretaries, and Land-Grant University leaders submitted a letter to House and Senate Agriculture and Appropriations Committee leadership opposing the proposed relocation and reorganization of the nonpartisan Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) agencies. They summarize the proposed move as one that will “undermine our food and agriculture enterprise by disrupting and hampering the agencies’ vital work.”
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