On the 115-acre property, billions of microbes do most of the work creating compost from waste generated by municipalities, industries, businesses and universities, including James Madison University and Virginia Tech.??High Plains Journal: Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll shows conservation increasing. As more land is rented in Iowa, tenants perceive an increase in their responsibility for conservation actions, but they are less likely to invest in conservation on the land they rent.
Producers affected by retaliatory tariffs could be able to apply for Market Facilitation Payments as soon as the end of the month, Bill Northey, USDA’s undersecretary for farm production and conservation, tells Agri-Pulse. “We’re committed to getting those payments out, maybe by mid-August,” he said. The department is currently waiting on the Office of Management and Budget to sign off on the payment plan, Northey said. As we reported last week, USDA’s Farm Service Agency still needs to have acreage reports filed by individual farmers. Last week, the agency extended the deadline for filing those documents until next Monday in a dozen states that were hit the hardest by storms and flooding this year. For the rest of the states, the reports are due today. – (John Peterson, LICA Director of Government Relations) Click here for more about Iowa Click here for more about Virgina Farm
Producers affected by retaliatory tariffs could be able to apply for Market Facilitation Payments as soon as the end of the month, Bill Northey, USDA’s undersecretary for farm production and conservation, tells Agri-Pulse. “We’re committed to getting those payments out, maybe by mid-August,” he said. The department is currently waiting on the Office of Management and Budget to sign off on the payment plan, Northey said. As we reported last week, USDA’s Farm Service Agency still needs to have acreage reports filed by individual farmers. Last week, the agency extended the deadline for filing those documents until next Monday in a dozen states that were hit the hardest by storms and flooding this year. For the rest of the states, the reports are due today. – (John Peterson, LICA Director of Government Relations) Click here for more about Iowa Click here for more about Virgina Farm