Government/Policy Archives

June 11, 2022

Ag producers have until June 30 to sign up to receive the 2022 Census of Agriculture as census survey codes will be mailed this November.

June 8, 2022

NGWA supported the passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 from the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

May 19, 2022

Mark Williams was named a finalist for a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for his research in agricultural runoff in water.

May 17, 2022

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., filled eight new senior staff positions across its institutes, services and offices.

May 2, 2022

The USDA will invest $420 million in 132 infrastructure projects in 31 states, funded by President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

April 12, 2022

The EPA released the 2021 WIFIA Annual Report, where the program closed 31 loans worth $5 billion to support water infrastructure projects.

April 4, 2022

The Agribusiness Association of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, named Bill Northey, former secretary of agriculture for Iowa, as its new CEO.

March 14, 2022

Feature

EQIP funding via the Build Back Better legislation and the 2023 Farm Bill undergo undecided futures as they heat up in federal government.

March 7, 2022

The bill would limit the spending of county conservation boards and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources on timber, pasture and cropland.