Biden Releases 2023 Budget: USDA Highlights

The Biden-Harris Administration Monday submitted to Congress the President’s budget for fiscal year 2023. 

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the budget “provides USDA with the tools needed to support a vibrant, revitalized, and prosperous rural America.” 

The budget proposes $1.1 billion in funding to address climate change across private, working agricultural land. Biden also proposes $1 billion to support agricultural producers and landowners to undertake conservation and climate-smart practices. 

The budget builds on the $618 million investment to protect and restore watersheds made in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law by proposing an additional $135 million for these efforts. 

The budget proposes $111 billion for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and invests $935 million in rural America. 

It builds on the $65 billion investment made by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to make high-speed internet available to all Americans. 

The budget includes an additional $133 million over 2022 levels for Reconnect to provide rural residents broadband. 

Biden’s budget also provides more than $10 million for oversight and enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act.

(Story Courtesy of the NAFB News Service)