National Farmers Union President Rob Larew says it’s disappointing that President Trump said he will delay considerations on another stimulus package until after the election.
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Category: Legislative Updates
Tim Palmer, President of the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD), recently shared with Congress the challenges and successes of conservation programs in the pandemic environment. Palmer owns and operates a farm near Truro, Iowa.
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Democrats reached a deal with the White House and congressional Republicans to allow replenishment of the Agriculture Department’s Commodity Credit Corp. account in exchange for prohibiting CCC payments to oil companies and extending some pandemic-related nutrition assistance.
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The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations issued a continuing resolution or CR that would fund federal government programs from the beginning of fiscal year 2021 on October 1 through December 11 but its fate remains uncertain as the House’s Democratic leadership continues negotiating with the White House.
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This issue of the LICA Legislative Landscape includes the third of shared perspectives from some of LICA industry partners on their markets and challenges facing their sector. This week we hear from John McClelland, Senior Vice President, American Rental Association (ARA).
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials along with three other organizations are urging Congress to take three critical steps to address the “unstable future” created by significant declines federal and state transportation and other revenues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Government officials are paying keen attention to challenges facing contractors and farmers to secure needed parts as the harvest and colder temperatures arrive.
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USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has finalized some changes to how it determines whether land is highly erodible or a wetland, in the process “clarifying how wetland hydrology is identified for farmed wetlands and farmed wetland pasture,” the service reported recently. A final rule published in the Federal Register includes new language to clarify how NRCS considers the “best-drained condition for wetland hydrology in keeping with the definition of prior converted cropland.” The rule also adds a requirement from the 2018 farm bill that USDA “make a reasonable effort” to include the affected farmer or landowner when investigating on-site whether a wetland determination was violated. Responding to criticism of maps used between 1990 and 1996, NRCS said determinations made after Nov. 28, 1990, and before July 3, 1996, “are certified wetland determinations” if they were made using one of two separate forms, “the person was notified that the determination had been certified, and the map document was of sufficient quality to determine ineligibility for program benefits.”
This issue of the LICA Legislative Landscape will include the second of many shared perspectives from some of LICA industry partners on their markets and challenges facing their sector.
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Application period has opened for the Regional Conservation Partnership Program
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently invited potential conservation partners to submit project applications for federal funding through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). NRCS will award up to $360 million dollars to locally driven, public-private partnerships that improve the nation’s water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability.
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USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently invited potential conservation partners to submit project applications for federal funding through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). NRCS will award up to $360 million dollars to locally driven, public-private partnerships that improve the nation’s water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability.
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