US EditionAgriculture Department cancels $3B grant program for climate-friendly crops
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled a $3.1 billion climate-related farming program on April 15, stating it did not align with the Trump administration's priorities.
- USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins criticized the program as benefiting NGOs rather than American farmers.
- The program aimed to improve environmental practices on farms and was projected to impact over 60,000 farms and reduce more than 60 million metric tons of emissions.
- Managing the project was costly, leading to the decision to cut down bureaucratic red tape for farmers.
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These western Mass. farmers awarded grant to improve technology
EASTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) - More than 100 farms in western Massachusetts were awarded up to $2,500 in support of farm operations and capital improvement projects. The Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation, in collaboration with Big Y, the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, the Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation, and other generous funders, supports this record number of awards in the 11th year of the program, representing a b…
Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Reorganized
(NAFB.com) – Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the cancelation of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities. Following a thorough line-by-line review of each of the Biden-era partnerships, it became clear that the majority of these projects had sky-high administration fees, which in many instances provided less than half of the federal funding directly to farmers. Select projects may continue if it is demonstrated that a significant amo…
Farm, environmental groups lose millions in federal 'climate-smart' funding
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced in a press release Monday that her agency was immediately canceling the $3.1 billion program. The post Farm, environmental groups lose millions in federal ‘climate-smart’ funding appeared first on WPR.
USDA cancels $3B program for climate-related farming
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Tuesday that it terminated a $3.1 billion climate-related farming program after finding that it didn’t align with the Trump administration’s priorities. An archived USDA dashboard on its website had said that the agency had invested billions in the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities, which the agency previously said funded priorities such as planting c…
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