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Ag Secretary Vilsack Announces Climate Package

Courtesy of USDA

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a $3 billion comprehensive set of investments to address challenges facing farmers and ranchers. USDA says the investments will support drought resilience and response, animal disease prevention, market disruption relief, and purchase food for school nutrition programs. The support will be made available via the Commodity Credit Corporation. Specifically, the package includes $500 million each for drought, African swine fever, and market disruptions, and up to $1.5 billion to provide assistance to help schools respond to supply chain disruptions. Secretary Vilsack also outlined and requested public comments on a new climate partnership initiative designed to create new revenue streams for producers via market opportunities for commodities produced using climate-smart practices. Vilsack adds, “Today, we ask for public input to inform our decision making and enhance the design of this initiative.” USDA is seeking input specifically on the current state of climate-smart commodity markets, systems for quantification, and potential protocols, among other topics.

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Slacker06 October 5, 2021 at 9:17 am

This spending is not investment. The government cannot make investments because they have no money they first don’t take from US. They have no wealth apart form taking it from taxpayers. If a farmer spends his own money on these boondoggles then they could be called an investment. Stop believing the lies that excuse spending on any item not authorized in Article I, Section 8, the enumerated powers of congress found in our Constitution. that is supposed to be the Bible of government but it is ignored wholesale by elected officials and THE PEOPLE. that document is there to protect us from tyranny. Follow it or lose your liberty. Those are the only two choices.

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