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(Washington, D.C.) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is launching a new online portal to streamline reporting of transactions involving U.S. agricultural land by foreign persons, which can include businesses and governments, under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (AFIDA). The new online portal is part of a broader effort to strengthen enforcement and protect American farmland …
(Washington, D.C.) – As committed to under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Farm Security Action Plan (PDF, 1.2 MB) U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins has announced a number of coordinated actions that emphasize American agricultural research and innovation by ensuring ideas stay in America or among our allies, not with hostile nations. These historic actions strengthen …
(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced this week the next phase in the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program (FBA); the eligible commodity per-acre payment rates. As announced earlier this month by President Trump and Secretary Rollins, $12 billion will be paid to American farmers in 2026. Of that amount, $11 billion consists of one-time FBA program …
WASHINGTON – Beginning in late December, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will spend several months gathering information about farm economics from farmers and ranchers throughout the United States, as the agency conducts the third and final phase of the 2025 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). “The data will help inform decisions on local and federal …
By Clint Thompson and Dale Sandlin The Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program is allotting $12 billion in one time bridge payments to farmers in response to trade market disruptions and increased input expenses that are still impacting producers. While $11 billion will be used to provide relief to row crop farmers, the remaining $1 billion will be used for commodities …
By Clint Thompson Multiple agricultural organizations, including the Florida Farm Bureau Federation, Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association and Alabama Farmers Federation, were part of a coalition that sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), urging the USDA to halt new waivers that weaken Buy American requirements for school food purchases. “For our industries, school meals represent a …
(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide more than $38.3 million in Congressionally mandated recovery assistance to South Carolina agricultural producers through a block grant agreement with the South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) to help producers recover from Hurricane Helene. “Farmers and ranchers across the Southeast are …
By Frank Giles This summer, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced plans to reorganize the agency to better serve its constituents. In August, a 30-day public comment period began for stakeholders to comment on the plan that was laid out in a memorandum published in late July and signed by Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins. Relocating and Resizing One …
WASHINGTON – 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 more than $8 billion in payments to eligible producers to mitigate the impacts of increased input costs and …
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide more than $531 million in Congressionally mandated recovery assistance to Georgia farmers through a block grant agreement with the Georgia Department of Agriculture to help producers recover from Hurricane Helene. “Farmers and ranchers in Georgia have been hit hard and suffered significant economic …
