Georgia Cottom Commission Donates Socks and USDA Push for More Ag Research
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.
**On behalf of Georgia’s 3,500 cotton farming families, the Georgia Cotton Commission recently donated 12,000 pairs of socks to various homeless shelters across the state.
Georgia Cotton Commission Chairman Bart Davis tells www.morningagclips.com we hope the sock donations will bring a smile to people’s faces across the state and give them extra warmth this winter.
He says farmers understand hard times, and it’s important to help those going through struggles feel supported.
www.morningagclips.com/georgia-cotton-farmers-donate-socks-to-homeless-shelters-3/
**Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a number of coordinated actions that emphasize American agricultural research and innovation under the USDA’s National Farm Security Action Plan.
The plan will ensure ideas stay in America or with our allies, and not with hostile nations, and that we put American farmers and ranchers first.
These actions strengthen transparency around foreign ownership of U.S. ag land and ensure federal programs and purchasing preferences don’t support foreign supply chains.
**A Senate bill would rescind roughly $21 billion in unspent federal funds originally designated for broadband programs, setting up a potential debate over how the money should be used.
The legislation targets a portion of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment, or BEAD program that’s not been allocated to states.
BEAD was created under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to expand high-speed internet access in underserved areas.
