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Rollins Urges Federal Land Ranchers to Put June Grazing Directive to Work
Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins sent a letter to all livestock ranchers holding grazing permits on U.S. Forest Service allotments, outlining the Department’s June 12, 2026 Grazing Directive and inviting producers to put it to work on their allotments.
The letter builds on the October 20, 2025 USDA Plan to Fortify the American Beef Industry and the March 31, 2026 Advancing Grazing on Forest Service and BLM Lands Memorandum of Understanding signed by Secretary Rollins and Secretary of the Interior Doug...
USDA Announces $1.8 Billion in 2026 Conservation Program Payments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today it is issuing approximately $1.8 billion in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) payments to agricultural producers and landowners for their participation in key conservation programs for 2026. These payments include Grassland CRP payments that play an important role in the Trump Administration’s Ranchers First Initiative announced by USDA Secretary Brooke L. Rollins that includes sweeping actions focused on rebuilding the Great American Cattle Herd and putting America’s ranchers back at the center of our nation’s...
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