Good afternoon, and welcome back to a frigid funding edition of Farm Brief. In this issue, learn about the Agriculture Department dollars flowing once more, get the latest on tariff bailouts for farmers, and catch up on congressional nutrition debates.
Agriculture Department dollars for conservation-minded farming and agricultural education remain locked in a vault and unavailable to farmers, even as the agency has begun releasing a tranche of federal funds following months of review.
USDA shared a list of 15 programs it hasn’t released funding for yet with Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member