.@SecretarySonny announcing a stretch goal for American Agriculture - increase production 40% & decrease environment impact by half by 2050. @USDA will align to stimulate private sector innovation working with our partners. @MichFarmBureau@CANRatMSU@Ron_Hendrick
@USDA_NRCS operates 222 soil moisture analysis sites (SCAN) to better evaluate drought & its impacts. An additional 885 SNOTEL stations measure snow depth & weather. Dir Mike Strobel sharing with weather/ag/climate leaders this am. #DataDriven@USDA
Great to have @USDA Undersecretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey today at the annual KY Farm Bureau convention. @BillAtUSDA@KYFB@usdafsa@NASDAnews
Was in Muse, Oklahoma yesterday for @usdaRD#ReConnect announcement yesterday for Oklahoma Western Telephone Company for fiber for more #broadband & high speed interned in eastern #Oklahoma. Great project, customers and company - Hillary Communications. @usda
Today, our Chief and Under Secretary visited the great folks from NRCS and @usdaFSA at the Middlebury Service Center who are committed to excellent customer service for #OurFarmers in Vermont. #CustomerServiceWeek
.@usda announces water quality study in Vermont’s Lake Champlain Basin to examine the effectiveness of innovative #conservation practices. https://t.co/JvOpY76pNl
Today we also announced nearly $2 million in grants focused on voluntary conservation & stewardship practices, in improving Vermont’s water quality. @USDA#NRCS@ECHOvt
Big news for #Vermont today as @USDA outlines #waterquality study for Lake Champlain Basin to examine the effectiveness of innovative #conservation practices. https://t.co/b14IBUsm38
Iowa Secretary @MikeNaigIA and Under Secretary @BillAtUSDA are hosting a roundtable with industry leaders and producers to discuss trade, renewable fuels and other hot topics in #IowaAg.
Great to see you at #fps19 Eric. Actually over $1b has been paid out. We’re over $1.5b pd today. Thats still a lot of money!! Total #MFP to be up to $14.5b, if all 3 pmts are made. Lots of need in farm country. Glad to help.
This morning at #acamdc19@BillAtUSDA tells the story of how important it is to gather together and share the stories of farmers doing what is right for the land about why conservation ethic is so important.
Great to hear from @USDA under secretary Bill Northey @BillAtUSDA at today’s @FarmJournal@FarmJFoundation “Trust in Food” event! Conservation is at the heart of wheat farming and initiatives like these help to show it!
I sat down with @BillAtUSDA and @HouseAgGOP to discuss today's @USDA announcement for farmers. I wholeheartedly believe that for long-term prosperity in the South Dakota agriculture economy, we need reliable market access to China and other growing populations around the world.