INDUSTRY NEWS

On Oct. 8, the USDA released the final rule for its Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). The rule makes updates to the popular conservation program as directed by the 2018 Farm Bill and integrates feedback from agricultural producers and others.

The World Forage Analysis Superbowl evaluated 266 entries from 16 states and presented awards to the top five finishers in eight divisions during the virtual Brevant seeds Forage Superbowl Luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 30.

Pasture, rangeland and forages cover approximately 55% of all U.S. land. The Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) Insurance Program is designed to help protect livestock operations from the risks of forage loss due to a lack of precipitation.

The World Forage Analysis Superbowl will once again provide educational opportunities with its Dairy Forage Seminars, held virtually in 2020 on the new World Forage Analysis Superbowl YouTube channel.

In July 2020, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that it accepted around 1.2 million new acres into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands initiative. These acres were accepted from applications submitted between March 16 and May 15, 2020.

Unit sales of agricultural tractors and self-propelled combines in August 2020 were positive for the fifth month in a row in the U.S. and stayed above the previous year for the third consecutive month in Canada, according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).