USDA Partners With Puerto Rico to Improve Food Supply Chain

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service Monday announced a cooperative agreement with Puerto Rico under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program. USDA and Puerto Rico are working together to offer more than $3.5 million in competitive grant funding for
RFA to NASS: County-Level Data Critical to Climate-Smart Ag, Biofuel Programs

The Renewable Fuels Association today urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service to reconsider its plan to stop reporting farm acreage, yield and production estimates at the county level. “With the rapid emergence of state and federal climate
Growth Energy Helps More Fuel Retailers Apply for Biofuel Infrastructure Grants

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Growth Energy, the leading voice of America’s biofuel industry, celebrated another successful round of applications for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP). During the most recent application window, Growth Energy
Dan and Megan Roberts Accept First Place Prize from 2024 YF&R Achievement Award Competition

Madelia, Minn. – Dan and Megan Roberts of Blue Earth County finished as the First-Place winner in the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Young Farmers & Ranchers Achievement Award competition, held during the organization’s convention, Jan. 19-23