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Black US farmers awaiting billions in promised debt relief
September 1, 2021

By ROXANA HEGEMAN and ALLEN G. BREED for the Associated Press September 1, 2021 AP News website AP YouTube video [...]

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Moving Forward Through Farming
August 31, 2021

By Pamela A. Keene, for the September 2021 issue of “Carolina Country” magazine Self-described farmer, teacher and dreamer Kamal Bell [...]

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Federal Financial Assistance Available for Farmers and Woodland Owners; Application Deadline is Oct. 29
August 26, 2021

AHOSKIE, N.C., August 25, 2021—Farmers and woodland owners who want to take advantage of the latest round of conservation assistance [...]

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Biden Administration to Invest $67 Million to Help Heirs Resolve Land Ownership and Succession Issues
July 30, 2021

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2021 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced during a press conference with U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock, [...]

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Signup Period Ends July 23 for New Federal Funding to Support N.C. Conservation Practices
July 12, 2021

North Carolina is one of several states where the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is providing [...]

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U.S. Senate Passes Growing Climate Solutions Act
June 24, 2021

Southeast AgNet Radio Network June 24, 2021 In a bipartisan effort, the U.S. Senate passed the “Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021”. The [...]

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In the U.S. South, a forestry project helps Black families keep their land
June 8, 2021

by Carey L. Biron | Thomson Reuters Foundation June 7, 2021 Southern program aims to turn around a century-long trend that [...]

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Why stepped-up basis is important for maintaining family forests
May 25, 2021

In this commentary published in The Hill — a policy-oriented news outlet in Washington, D.C. — author Thomas Straka warns [...]

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Senate Agriculture Committee hearing — Federal, State and Private Forestlands: Opportunities for Addressing Climate Change
May 20, 2021

The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry today convened a hearing to examine federal, state, and private forestlands, [...]

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Video: The Benefits of Prescribed Burns
May 12, 2021

SFLRP Director Alton Perry narrates this 90-second video on an important forest management practice — prescribed burns. [...]