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How Agriculture is Contributing to The Gulf of Mexico’s Hypoxic Zone

October 18, 2019 / Agricultural News, Environmental Conservation

There’s a dead zone growing in the Gulf of Mexico. Located off the Louisiana-Texas coastline, this murky blight is causing marine life to either flee or die in mass. Left unchecked, it could cause irreversible harm to local economies that depend on fishing and water-based activities. What’s to blame for the creation of this hypoxic zone? The simple answer is the Mississippi River. The Mississippi discharges […]

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Introducing All Native Seed – A Better Way to Purchase High-Quality CRP Seed Mixes

October 3, 2019 / Agricultural News, CRP, General

FDCE is proud to announce the launch of our CRP seed retailer, All Native Seed. With All Native Seed, CRP contract holders can easily find the CRP seed mixes they need for their particular practice. All Native Seed offers seed mixes developed by the NRCS, as well as our own NRCS-compliant seed mixes. Whichever type you

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Signup for Continuous CRP and CREP Reopens

June 13, 2019 / Agricultural News, CRP

The ag industry faced some uncertainty as 2018 came to a close. Most funding from the 2014 farm bill expired on September 30, 2018, yet congress struggled to find a consensus for its replacement. Without a new farm bill in place to provide funding, programs such as CRP remained in limbo, unable to sign-on new

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FDCE Helps Virginia Hospital Save Thousands of Dollars a Day Through Homegrown Biofuel

March 29, 2019 / Agricultural News, Bioenergy

At FDCE, we’re passionate about conservation and sustainable practices. In addition to establishing pollinator habitat, native grasses, and forbs for landowners enrolled in CRP, we provide bioenergy solutions across the globe that replace inefficient, expensive, and non-renewable fuel sources with superior alternatives. Not only is bioenergy sustainable, but it’s cleaner, more efficient, and when used correctly, more affordable. Recently, the success of one of our bioenergy projects was highlighted in an article by

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ACEP Continues as the 2018 Farm Bill is Signed into Law

December 28, 2018 / ACEP, Agricultural News

On December 20, the 2018 farm bill, officially called the “Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018”, was signed into law by President Trump. While many are already discussing the possibilities that come with the legalization of hemp production in all 50 states, the most important function of the farm bill is the $867 billion it provides

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What the 2018 Farm Bill Does for CRP

December 19, 2018 / Agricultural News, CRP

The 2018 farm bill should be signed into law any day now, and it’s not a moment too soon. The farm bill of 2018 will distribute $867 billion to agricultural, environmental, and food programs for the next ten years. Without this money, programs like CRP would be forced to freeze operations until a new bill

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The 2018 Farm Bill Reaches President

December 14, 2018 / Agricultural News, CRP

After 8 months of disagreement and deliberation, the farm bill of 2018 made it through the House of Representatives on December 12 with a final tally of 369 – 47. The bill had passed the Senate just a day earlier. All that’s left now is for President Trump to sign the bill into law, a decision which most are confident will happen soon.

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