The chair of the House Ag Committee is asking USDA officials about new conservation program problems.
Glenn GT Thompson told a subcommittee hearing Tuesday the SUSTAINS Act, which created public-private partnerships for USDA to fund additional conservation projects beyond the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), doesn’t appear to be helping farmers. He says, “Let’s not let bureaucracy kill that. You have the authority. President Biden signed that into law. We put a lot, a great deal of work into this and we expect that this will be administered according to the intent of Congress which our intent is to benefit the American farmer.”
Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Terry Cosby says his team is reviewing how to implement the SUSTAINS Act.
