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NIFA Awards $2.5M to Support Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded $2.5 million in funding to support four projects funded by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative program area priority Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (A1651).

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics examines the interrelationship of natural resources and the environment with agriculture and rural communities. Research projects will advance economic theories, methods, tools, analyses, and applications that contribute to understanding an ecological approach to agriculture to balance production and resource management and conservation.

Source : usda.gov

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USDA’s Vaden Visits MI Farm, Stresses Farmer Involvement With Fertilizer Issues

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On Thursday, while visiting Weir Farms in Hanover, USDA's Stephen Vaden told Michigan farmers and commodity leaders they need to communicate with their legislators about the negative effects of fertilizer price hikes and of consolidation