Posts tagged USDA

USDA spending only a sliver of conservation funding on climate-smart practices, a new report finds

The U.S. Department of Agriculture spent $7.4 billion in payments to farmers between 2017 and 2020 through two of its biggest conservation programs, but very little of that money went to practices that help fight climate change, according to a report from the Environmental Working Group.

News, Climate Change, Public Health, Mississippi NewsJerry MitchellOctober 3, 2022climate change, climate crisis, crops, USDA, emissions

Flood of Catfish Imports Continues Despite USDA Oversight

Mississippi farmers are losing the catfish wars against their foreign competitors with the very weapon they saw as their salvation.

Mississippi News, NewsKatherine MitchellJune 21, 2021Mississippi Business, Catfish, USDA, Catfish imports, Mississippi farmers, pangasius, FSIS, Catfish farmers, siluriformes, Vietnam