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Disaster bill expanding, but future cloudy

03/27/19 5:45 AM By Philip Brasher and Ben Nuelle

The Senate is expanding a long-stalled disaster assistance bill to aid farmers and ranchers swamped by recent Midwest floods, but it’s still not clear when Congress will pass the legislation due to a dispute between the White House and House Democrats over funding for Puerto Rico.

Signup for 2017 hurricane, wildfire disaster aid ends Friday

11/15/18 5:49 PM By Bill Tomson

Farmers who were hit by hurricanes and wildfires last year can still sign up for significant financial assistance from the USDA, but time will run out Friday, Farm Service Administrator Richard Fordyce told Agri-Pulse in an interview.

Ag census data coming in February

09/12/18 6:10 AM By Ed Maixner

The first release of 2017 Census of Agriculture results will occur Feb. 21 at the USDA 2019 Outlook Forum, says Hubert Hamer, administrator of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, which conducts the five-year tallies.

DOE focuses on grid modernization in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

11/29/17 5:25 AM By Sandra Cowherd

Bruce Walker, the newly installed assistant secretary in DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, says his recent two-week visit to Puerto Rico showed the need to make the island’s electric grid more resilient against future storms.

Florida utility shares knowledge, supplies in Hurricane Irma aftermath

11/22/17 5:30 AM By Sandra Cowherd

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) sent 1,000 power line poles to Puerto Rico last week to help rebuild the electrical grid devastated by Hurricane Maria.

Puerto Rico backs out of $300M electrical contract

11/01/17 5:40 AM By Sandra Cowherd

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2017 - Amid criticism, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) is backing out of a $300 million contract with Montana-based Whitefish Energy.

Feed assistance available for Puerto Rico’s dairy farmers

10/25/17 6:11 AM By Daniel Enoch

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 - USDA is providing $12 million to enable dairy operators in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico to purchase emergency feed for their cattle.

Small-scale wind to aid Puerto Rico

10/18/17 4:45 AM By Sandra Cowherd

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2017 - The Distributed Wind Energy Association (DWEA) plans to send microgrids and small-scale wind turbines to Puerto Rico.

EPA authorizes emergency fuel waiver for Puerto Rico

10/04/17 4:03 AM By Sandra Cowherd

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2017 - In response to Hurricane Maria, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt approved a request from Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosella for an emergency fuel waiver.

Sally Rockey, FFAR

This week’s Open Mic guest is Dr. Sally Rockey, executive director for the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research. Born from the 2014 Farm Bill, FFAR is tasked with finding matching funds for research in the food production system from the nation’s farms to consumer’s plates. While research is targeted in six different challenge areas, Rockey says climate and nutrition are themes that cross much of the foundation’s overall focus. Rockey says agriculture is the only industry that can actually limit the extent of climate change. FFAR intends to provide research farmers can use to make science-based decisions to increase productivity and help the environment. FFAR and the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action recently announced that PepsiCo has joined the AgMission initiative to reduce greenhouse gasses in agriculture as a founding partner.

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04.16.2021

Washington Week in Review: April 16, 2021: Rep. Rick Crawford on infrastructure, minority farmers

Congress was back in Washington this week after a two-week break, and infrastructure remained top of mind for many on Capitol Hill. Arkansas Republican Rick Crawford, a member of the House Agriculture and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees, joins Agri-Pulse to discuss the Biden administration's approach as well as how he sees the process playing out.

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