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Conservation Tools Help Producers Make Positive Impacts on Changing Climate

April 22, 2020 Jocelyn Benjamin, USDA

America’s farmers and ranchers are helping put the nation on track to a healthier and more resilient environment in the face of a changing climate. While agriculture only contributes 9 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, it offers a variety of opportunities to reduce emissions and cut carbon...

Climate Conservation Forestry

Partnering to Deliver Drought Information through USDA Service Centers: A New Fact Sheet Outlines Drought-Related Recovery Programs

November 01, 2019 Mark Brusberg (USDA-Office of the Chief Economist), Brenda Carlson (USDA-Farm Service Agency), Brian Fuchs (National Drought Mitigation Center), Rachel Steele (USDA-Office of the Chief Economist), Ariela Zycherman (USDA-Office of the Chief Economist)

When dealing with drought, producers can feel overwhelmed and unsure of where to get help to recover from their losses, mitigate risk, and/or prepare for future events. To support the agricultural community in locating the information they need, USDA in partnership with the National Drought...

Climate

Forest Service Helps Small Farmers Hit Hard by Hurricanes

September 20, 2019 Yaneris M. Soto Muñiz, Media Specialist, USDA Forest Service

José (Tato) Roig’s farm has been producing coffee since 1978 and has become one of the most successful farms in Puerto Rico’s Coffee Zone. However, Hurricane Maria inflicted severe damage on his crops, as well as those of many other coffee growers.

Forestry

New USDA Program, Other Assistance, About to Kick in for America’s Dairy Industry

June 20, 2019 Richard Fordyce, Farm Service Agency

Each June, we celebrate National Dairy Month! Since 1937, this month has been set aside to mark the importance of the dairy industry and the products it produces to America’s agricultural sector and to hundreds of millions of Americans and consumers around the world.

Farming
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