Skye Witley
Agriculture Reporter at Bloomberg Government
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1 week ago |
news.bgov.com | Skye Witley
The Agriculture Department is shuttering a $3 billion Biden-era grant program designed to encourage agricultural production that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, officials announced Monday. Department officials raised concern that many projects under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program diverted more funds to third-party partners than to farmers, according to the announcement.
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2 weeks ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Skye Witley |Olivia Gyapong
Good afternoon, and welcome back to a frigid funding edition of Farm Brief. In this issue, learn about the Agriculture Department dollars flowing once more, get the latest on tariff bailouts for farmers, and catch up on congressional nutrition debates. Agriculture Department dollars for conservation-minded farming and agricultural education remain locked in a vault and unavailable to farmers, even as the agency has begun releasing a tranche of federal funds following months of review.
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2 weeks ago |
news.bgov.com | Skye Witley
Agriculture Department funding for farm conservation and education programs worth billions of dollars remain frozen as the White House reviews Biden-era initiatives, according to a senior staffer for Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). Klobuchar said she received a list of “15 programs affected by the funding freeze” from USDA during a Tuesday Senate Agriculture confirmation hearing.
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2 weeks ago |
news.bloombergtax.com | Kellie Lunney |Skye Witley
Workforce downsizing at a key federal weather agency threaten to delay billions in crop insurance payouts to farmers and limit access to critical weather prediction tools, according to farmers, lawmakers and former federal officials.
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2 weeks ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Kellie Lunney |Skye Witley
International TradeEmailApril 10, 2025, 9:00 AM UTCWorkforce downsizing at a key federal weather agency threaten to delay billions in crop insurance payouts to farmers and limit access to critical weather prediction tools, according to farmers, lawmakers and former federal officials.
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Scoop: USDA has provided the clearest picture yet of which federal funding remains frozen and the dollars already flowing. @BGOV obtained a list of 15 programs still under review that Trump officials sent Congress. Read more: https://t.co/FTNWHxXRQk
Scoop: USDA has provided the clearest picture yet of which federal funding remains frozen and the dollars already flowing. @BGOV obtained a list of 15 programs still under review that Trump officials sent Congress. Read more: https://t.co/FTNWHxXRQk
RT @klunney: Trump NOAA cuts are spooking farmers, crop insurance watchers who rely on timely, accurate weather data. Check out story here…
