Farmer Conservation Practices

2018

2018-02-01 The Trump administration proposed $183M in cuts to Conservation Technical Assistance, which was designed to fund a part of the USDA called National Resources Conservation Service that helped farmers implement conservation practices.

https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/trump-budget-proposal-disaster/#:~:text=Some%20of%20the%20biggest%20cuts,a%20farm%20bill%20in%202018.

https://www.swcs.org/resources/news/president-trumps-2019-budget-cuts-funding-for-conservation#:~:text=and%20agricultural%20research.-,Conservation%20Funding,Research%20Service’s%20(ERS)%20budget.

https://civileats.com/2018/02/16/trump-budget-would-undo-conservation-gains-on-farms-and-ranches/#:~:text=The%20Trump%20administration’s%20proposed%20cuts,for%20conservation%20outcomes%20and%20landowners.

2025 April

2025-04-01 The Trump administration cut $754M in funding from conservation technical assistance.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/14/biden-trump-climate-change-funds#:~:text=1%20year%20old-,Biden%20Trump%2Dproofs%20$74bn%20in%20climate%20funding%20but%20$20,becomes%20president%20on%2020%20January.

2025 September

2025-09-09 Several Republicans have repeatedly fought against the expansion of solar energy on agricultural lands (such as agrovoltaics) often framing it as “green energy boondoggles”.

WHAT IS IT https://www.climatehubs.usda.gov/hubs/northeast/topic/agrivoltaics-coming-soon-farm-near-you

WHAT IS IT https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/agrivoltaics-solar-and-agriculture-co-location

https://www.eenews.net/articles/gop-retreat-on-solar-energy-sows-doubt-for-farmers

https://www.eenews.net/articles/solar-donors-square-off-for-round-two-against-chip-roy/

https://climatepower.us/news/icymi-ee-news-meet-the-republicans-who-killed-solar-subsidies-after-using-them/

https://tiffany.house.gov/media/editorials-letters-and-articles/republicans-seek-end-taxpayer-funding-green-energy

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/food-and-farms/trump-blocking-solar-farm-bill

https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/10/05/gop-candidates-for-iowa-governor-voice-their-opposition-to-co2-pipelines/