WASHINGTON – The U. S Department of Agriculture today announced that commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2020 and 2021 will soon begin receiving emergency relief payments totaling approximately $6 billion through the Farm Service Agency’s new Emergency Relief Program to offset crop yield and value losses.
Sustainability is becoming a daily and household topic it seems, especially in the agricultural community. Farmers are turning towards regenerative practices for the better of their own operation during these changing times. But starting these practices can be overwhelming for some who don’t know where, or even how to start.
It’s beginning to feel and look a lot more like summer is quickly nearing! The kids have wrapped up their school year, the alfalfa is about to bloom, the cows have come home to graze, and the wheat is waving in the warm Kansas winds.
Last week saw much needed rainfall across the state, but areas in southwest Kansas missed out on it once again. Much of southwest Kansas has gone nearly 300 days without an inch of precipitation. Annual average rainfall is about 12” in southwest Kansas, and much of the area has seen about 1/3 of that over the past year and less than an inch since wheat was planted in the fall.
Dirtwork near the Iuka Elevators on Kanza Cooperative-owned land north of Pratt has raised questions about what might be going on there, but Kanza Cooperative Communications and Marketing Manager Jackie Mundt said Monday that no new building is being planned for that area at the moment.
The frequency and duration of droughts will continue to increase due to human-caused climate change, with water scarcity already affecting billions of people across the world, the United Nations warned in a report Wednesday.
The 2022 KLA Young Stockmen’s Academy gathered last week for its second installment of the year. Members from across the state, including Nate Smith of Pratt, spent three days in the Kansas City area touring agribusinesses and beef retailers.
Kansas beef producers are no strangers to adversity. They deal with Mother Nature, meat substitutes and industry misconceptions; however, they do not fight alone. We have allies in each other and in our agriculture checkoff counterparts. These partnerships amplify the Beef Checkoff programs that increase demand for beef.
The frequency and duration of droughts will continue to increase due to human-caused climate change, with water scarcity already affecting billions of people across the world, the United Nations warned in a report Wednesday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated an additional 40 million people could be pushed into poverty and food insecurity due to the invasion of Ukraine, exacerbating a historic level of global food insecurity. As a result, the USDA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the infusion of new funding for U.S. food aid programs last week. As it has for nearly 70 years, U.S. wheat will play a central role in helping feed those in need.