INDUSTRY NEWS

The USDA is investing $15 million for a new drought pilot to assist agricultural producers impacted by worsening drought conditions to provide relief to impacted California and Oregon producers in the Klamath River Basin.

Agricultural producers with crop insurance can hay, graze or chop cover crops for silage, haylage or baleage at any time and still receive 100% of the prevented planting payment.

The USDA’s 2021 Acreage report makes further cuts in anticipated dry hay acreage for 2021.

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a land retirement program that provides financial compensation to landowners who voluntarily enroll highly erodible and environmentally sensitive lands.

The California Alfalfa and Forage Research Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded its second round of research grants.

In response to historic drought conditions, the USDA is offering $41.8 million through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to help agricultural producers in Arizona, California, Colorado and Oregon alleviate the immediate impacts of drought and other natural resource challenges on working lands.