The opening of the application process is an important step in delivering on USDA’s commitment of providing financial assistance to those who have faced discrimination in USDA farm lending programs. The application process is open now and will close on October 31.
The Forest Landowner Conference will be held Oct. 25-26 at the Rocky Mount Event Center. Speakers and exhibitors from more than a dozen state and federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations and companies are expected to take part.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stopped by Brunswick on Tuesday to make an appearance at a conference celebrating 10 years of the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention network.
Compared to a year ago, second quarter 2023 standing timber prices were down across all product classes but pine sawtimber. ... Decline in prices from a year ago are reflective of the uncertainty in the market.
WNCN-TV news coverage: There are nearly 20 million acres of forest land across North Carolina, and most of it belongs to private landowners. But holding on to that land, for some owners, can be a challenge.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a $188 million investment to conserve some of the most economically and ecologically significant forestlands across the nation.
Alton Perry and the Sustainable Forestry and Land Retention Project are featured in a blog written by Zach Clifton, communications specialist for Keeping Forests, an organization that "represent(s) a diverse range of interests with a common mission ... to create the conditions for our current land stewards to keep forests as forests."
SFLRP's Youth Program Coordinator, Reba Green-Holley, has been recognized with a 4-H Lifetime Achievement Award.
