Items Tagged with 'Advancing Markets for Producers'

Some of the conservation projects under a $3.1 billion program that has been rebranded from a focus on climate-smart agriculture to expanding markets for farmers are slowly moving toward approval by USDA.

Leaders of projects funded under USDA's canceled-and-rebranded Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program are waiting for more guidance on how to reapply after the Trump administration labeled the program a “slush fund” and apparently terminated most of its grants.