Beef Grazing Network Aid and Crop Acreage Reporting Goes Digital
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.
**A new $42 million initiative from American Farmland Trust's Beef Grazing Network aims to help 700 beef producers improve profitability through better grazing, healthier soils and stronger marketing.
Backed by $30 million from USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, the program serves producers across the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Texas.
Nearly $20 million goes directly to producers to adopt adaptive grazing systems that reduce input costs, strengthen drought resilience, and increase long-term returns.
**USDA is launching a pilot program designed to modernize crop acreage reporting by replacing paper maps with an electronic reporting system.
The Farm Service Agency says this is part of the administration's "One Farmer, One File" effort to create a more efficient and consistent reporting process for both producers and county offices.
The pilot will be implemented in selected counties across 11 states ahead of the July 15 acreage reporting deadline.
**As you’ve probably heard, the Trump administration declined to extend the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
This starts a 10-year clock to wind down the trade deal as the U.S. seeks changes to reshore manufacturing jobs and reduce U.S. trade deficits with its North American neighbors.
The decision keeps the agreement in place for another ten years, with annual reviews before it expires, unless the three countries agree to renew it with changes.
