Watch Bill Eller and Ron Shultz present to the House Rural Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee the VSP overview, as well as COVID-19 impacts to agriculture and natural resources industries. Watch the presentation on TVW here.
Gap Analysis and Sustainable Farms Budget Proviso report: A budget proviso was incorporated into the FY20 operating budget for the State Conservation Commission and Washington Department of Agriculture to support efforts by these two agencies to perform gap analyses to estimate need for technical assistance and cost-share assistance for existing conservation grant programs and develop recommendations that incorporate input from stakeholders for the creation of a grant program aimed at mitigating carbon emissions by improving fossil fuel efficiencies on farms and implementing carbon farming practices.