🌾 Ags this week: 🌍 Middle East escalation → higher Crude, weaker risk assets, continued inflows into ags (record Sugar buying last week). 📈 Key events: USDA acreage Tuesday, NFP jobs Friday. 📊 The U.S. Plains need rain. 🌧️ Seasonals turn bullish into April. #CrudeOil #Grains #USDA
Study says roads bring more fires to forests; USDA wants more roads to fight fires

Opponents say the proposed rule would be a giveaway to the timber industry.

Ars Technica
2026’s historic #snow #drought is bad news for West
Data from the #USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service shows out of 70 river basins across Western #US, only five are at or above 1991–2020 median snow #water equivalent for this time of year. 11 basins have less than 25% of median, and over half are below 50%.
A recent assessment of drought conditions from #NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System suggests 2026 will be a tight year for water supplies.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/2026s-historic-snow-drought-is-bad-news-for-the-west/
2026's historic snow drought is bad news for the West

For much of the Western US, winter 2026 was the year snow never came.

Ars Technica

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The Fort Reno dispute, however, has been thick for decades. The disagreement centers on roughly 6,700 acres of land west of Oklahoma City that was once part of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation. It later formed a U.S. Army post and is now largely administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as the Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center. Tribal leaders argue they were never compensated for the loss of the land and that it should have reverted to them when the Army stopped using it in 1948.<<

https://nondoc.com/2026/03/20/farm-bill-draft-would-permanently-block-return-of-fort-reno-to-cheyenne-and-arapaho-tribes/

#Indigenous #FortReno #Cheyenne #Arapaho #Oklahoma #FarmBill #NonDoc #USDA #USPol

Farm bill draft would permanently block return of Fort Reno to Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes

The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes object to language in the Congress' 2026 farm bill that would keep Fort Reno in USDA possession indefinitely.

NonDoc

USDA’s Section 515 Program for Rural Affordable Housing Faces Phase-Out

📰 Original title: A successful USDA program that has supported more than 533,000 affordable rental homes in rural America is getting phased out

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/usdas-section-515-program-for-rural-affordable-housing-faces-phase-out/?redirpost=cfa61529-92f1-4f09-9580-14f5c1df5095

#society #affordablehousing #ruralamerica #usda

USDA’s Section 515 Program for Rural Affordable Housing Faces Phase-Out

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Section 515 program, established in 1963, has been a cornerstone of affordable rental housing in rural America, helping to finance over 533,000…

KillBait Archive

USDA’s Section 515 Program for Rural Affordable Housing Faces Phase-Out

📰 Original title: A successful USDA program that has supported more than 533,000 affordable rental homes in rural America is getting phased out

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/usdas-section-515-program-for-rural-affordable-housing-faces-phase-out/?redirpost=cfa61529-92f1-4f09-9580-14f5c1df5095

#society #affordablehousing #ruralamerica #usda

USDA’s Section 515 Program for Rural Affordable Housing Faces Phase-Out

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Section 515 program, established in 1963, has been a cornerstone of affordable rental housing in rural America, helping to finance over 533,000…

KillBait Archive

1977 Woodsy Owl's Snowy Wisdom: Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute!

Remember 1977 when Woodsy Owl taught us to protect our natural world? A timeless message for all generations! 🦉❄️

#woodsyowl #giveahootdontpollute #psa #publicserviceannouncement #1977 #1970s #retro #nostalgia #vintagead #environmentalmessage #forestservice #usda #conservation #classicpsa #tvcommercial #snowywinter #retroicon #owl

"As part of a "national farm security" directive with #DoD and #DHS, #USDA🚨 quietly awarded Palantir a $300 MILLION NO-BID CONTRACT.

The latest purchase is for a new Palantir tool resembling🚨"boss-ware" tech used in the private sector🚨to surveil employees."
-L Goldstein

#Dystopia #Palantir #Surveillance #TrumpRegime #Corruption #Protest #Uprising #NoKings #USPol
https://www.levernews.com/palantir-just-got-millions-to-assign-cubicles/

Palantir Just Got Millions To Assign Cubicles

The Trump-linked spy firm could be paid millions to help the Department of Agriculture with “employee seat assignments” and “space utilization.”

The Lever
Ireland

USDA lost 24,000 workers under Trump, hurting critical resources for farmers

The Trump administration's federal workforce cuts shrunk U.S. Department of Agriculture agencies that inspect produce, provide conservation resources and collect data on crops and livestock. It's creating longer wait times for farmers seeking federal services and programs, people working in agriculture say.

HPPR High Plains Public Radio