USDA upheaval brings uncertainty to NEND farmers, rural communities
A Walsh County Soil Health Tour brought together 40 participants to learn more about soil loss, erosion and soil health in July 2023. Here, Naeem Kalwar [left side in the green shirt], a soil health specialist from the NDSU Langdon Research Extension Center, leads the talk. Photo provided by Josh Anderson, Walsh County district conservation manager.
A crew from the Walsh County conservation district plants pasture grass and cover crops in June, 2023. Photo provided by Josh Anderson, Walsh County district conservation manager.
Funding terminations, freezes, layoffs all have follow-on impacts
By Michael Standaert, North Dakota News Cooperative Trump administration funding terminations, freezes and layoffs are keeping some North Dakota farmers and rural nonprofits from continuing USDA and other federally funded projects.
In some cases, projects long in the making were terminated or thrown into uncertainty, washing away mont…
![A Walsh County Soil Health Tour brought together 40 participants to learn more about soil loss, erosion and soil health in July 2023. Here, Naeem Kalwar [left side in the green shirt], a soil health specialist from the NDSU Langdon Research Extension Center, leads the talk. Photo provided by Josh Anderson, Walsh County district conservation manager.](/sites/valleynewsandviews.com/files/3f316477b1_Ar00103003.jpg)
