Billion in crops. Billionl protect 165 in livestock, poultry, and specialty crops as a result of this budget. Ag will continue to support 140 billion in agricultural exports which helps to support one million jobs at home. The food and nutrition Assistance Programs will benefit nearly 47 million americans under the snap program. 8. 7 women, infant and children under the wic program. Thellion children under summer feeding programs. The food safety budget will provide assistance in detecting our food supply and reducing foodborne illnesses by estimated 52,000 illnesses. Nrcs will provide conservation assistance that will add 23 million acres of land to our conservation programs, helping half a million producers do a better job of conserving soil and protecting water. While it is not related to this budget, it does have an impact on this budget. Our overall budget will also million acres of forest and grasslands under the u. S. Forest service, which will protect 70,000 communities that ar
Assist and help in preserving our agricultural production, and expand new uses and opportunities for agricultural products. And we will also focus on an effort to do a better job of addressing the challenges that the poultry industry in particular face with disease. We have antiquated facilities, which is, frankly, true of our entire Agricultural Research service. We need a new and creative way to address the challenges of our infrastructure, and one way we can do that is by taking a look at our unobligated balances as representative farr had suggested, allowing us to retain those balances, that are within a budget thats been approved by this committee, and use them to upgrade our facilities. This would also give us an opportunity to better manage and perhaps reduce the 70 million square feet of space that we currently operate, lease or own. As i shared with you earlier, yesterday, mr. Chairman, i think there is an opportunity for us to save significant resources by rightsizing our ren
Thoughts on that. Because in some south, east agriculture has a broad portfolio and many farms have multiple crops. And farming throughout the country, most farm families have a lot of farm income. And the second part of my question is, when do you expect to issue proposed regulations on the actively engaged interpretation . Particularly given the equal important competing issues that youll have to tackle, including implementation of the disaster programs and the arc programs, which by the end of 14 or 15 or when will we have some sensz o f what that is . And how much input will the department allow for producers to actually talk about how they feel about this actively engaged definition. Your microphone. Congressman. We expect and anticipate to have a proposed rule by the end of this year, call year 2014 on the issue of act i liveively engage. And i say proposed concerning the input. That would give people the opportunity to weigh in on what we propose. I think it is fair to say we re
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So, how do you balance, you know, doing marketing for yourself and all these other things and still keeping up your art form . Woodruff we update the legal wrangling over Settlement Claims stemming from the 2010 gulf oil spill. Ifill we continue our conversations about Immigration Reform as the house steps up to the plate. Ray suarez talks with South Carolina republican trey gowdy. Woodruff and Hari Sreenivasan looks at a new book that captures the stories and images of nurses on the frontlines of health care all across the country. Pelley they take your Blood Pressure and your temperature. But i didnt know about all different kinds of nurses and everything that they do and how many different ways they touch our lives. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at hom