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Feb. 15, 2013, deadline to apply for the following:
Demonstrating Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions in Rice Production - Conservation Innovation Grant

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Reminder: Hispanic and Women Farmers and Ranchers Claims Must be Postmarked by March 25


WASHINGTON, February 8, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today reminded Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers who allege discrimination by the USDA in past decades that there are 45 days remaining in the filing period closing March 25, 2013.
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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting Applications through Feb. 15, 2013, for the Conservation Innovation Grant – Greenhouse Gas project in Arkansas
 

Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 7, 2013 – Rice growers in 13 Arkansas counties who agree to install pilot conservation practices under the Conservation Innovation Grant – Greenhouse Gas (CIG-GHG) program have until Feb. 15, 2013, to submit applications to receive financial assistance to implement conservation practices.
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CIG Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Web Site
 
The Upper White River.

USDA Official Travels to Arkansas, Highlights Department Efforts to Protect White River Watershed
 

Little Rock, AR, January 9, 2013— USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Ann Mills today joined Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes, Senator Mark Pryor, Congressman Tim Griffin, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Army (Civil Works) Terrence “Rock” Salt to announce the designation of the White River Watershed National Blueway. In support of the designation, USDA will invest $22 million in soil and water conservation projects in the watershed.

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USDA Drought Assistance Minimizes Impacts While Spurring Improvements on 1M Acres of American Farmland
 

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2012 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to help producers rebound from drought have touched more than one million acres of farmland across the country as nearly 2,000 producers took advantage of conservation funding targeted to drought-stricken areas by USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). NRCS made more than $27 million available to farmers and ranchers to make conservation improvements, spurring recovery and ensuring lands are more drought resistant in the future.
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Arkansas Drought Information
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