Agribusiness Update for Friday 2/15/13

Agribusiness Update for Friday 2/15/13

This is the Agribusiness Update...I’m Greg Martin...

Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns has introduced a package of legislation to promote greater transparency and accountability in the EPA’s regulatory process. Johanns says everyone from mayors to public utility providers to farmers and ranchers have expressed concern with EPA’s aggressive agenda and lack of understanding about how the economy works.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association accuses USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack of using cattlemen and women as pawns in the White House’s budget war with Hill Republicans. NCBA leveled the charge after Vilsack threatened to furlough meat inspectors for 15-days at nearly 63-hundred meat, poultry and egg processing plants in the event of so-called sequestration.

Private landowners and tribes working to increase crop residues, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve soil health on their farm, may apply for conservation financial and technical assistance, USDA’s NRCS announced yesterday. Funding is available through NRCS’ Environmental Quality Incentives Program in certain counties across Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Deadline is March 15th,

That’s today’s Agribusiness Update from the Ag Information Network. 

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