Senate Ag Appropriations includes more than $7 billion in disaster assistance in bill
The bill included $6.28 billion to aid producers who experienced losses due to droughts, hurricanes, wildfires, floods and other qualifying disasters in calendar years 2020 and 2021 and $750 for livestock producers who experienced losses during 2021 due to drought or wildfire, on top of existing farm bill programs for livestock producers.
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The Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee included more than $7 billion in disaster assistance to help farmers and ranchers with losses due to drought and other natural disasters in its Fiscal Year 2022 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.
Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021
USDA is investing $330 million in 85 locally driven, public-private partnerships to address climate change, improve the nation’s water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability. Projects are awarded through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).
“The Regional Conservation Partnership Program is public-private partnerships working at their best,” said NRCS Acting Chief Terry Cosby. “These new projects will harness the power of partnerships to help bring about solutions to natural resource concerns across the country while supporting our efforts to combat the climate crisis.”
Through RCPP, conservation partners work in collaboration with NRCS to help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners to implement systems that conserve water and soil resources, improve the health of wildlife habitats and increase climate resilience
NRCS awards four new partnership projects in California
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28 April 2021
The Natural Resources Conservation Service, or NRCS, announced it is investing $330 million in 85 locally driven, public-private partnerships to address climate change, improve the nation’s water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability, including 4 projects in California.
Projects are awarded through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, or RCPP.
“The Regional Conservation Partnership Program is public-private partnerships working at their best,” said Carlos Suarez, NRCS State Conservationist in California. “These four new projects will harness the power of partnerships to help bring about solutions to natural resource concerns across California while supporting our efforts to combat the climate crisis.”