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A new People’s Garden database, hosted by USDA, will give people across the nation an opportunity to register their gardens and showcase the fruits of their labor on an interactive map. The database will hold information on each garden, list … Continue reading →

Producers interested in offering land in an effort to protect millions of acres of topsoil from erosion and improve the nation’s natural resources, can do so beginning today. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the next general sign-up for the … Continue reading →

The USDA Commodity Credit Corporation has released regional pulse crop loan rates for the 2011 crop. Pulse crops include dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large chickpeas. Regional loan rates are established for dry peas, lentils and large chickpeas, but … Continue reading →

Producers interested in offering land in an effort to protect millions of acres of topsoil from erosion and improve the nation’s natural resources, will be given the opportunity beginning next week. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the next general … Continue reading →

Empowering women in agriculture could raise food output in developing countries by up to 4 percent and cut world hunger by 12 to 17 percent, according to a report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Women make up … Continue reading →

The USDA Commodity Credit Corporation released the 2011 rice loan rates today for classes of farm-stored rice. The national average rough rice loan rate is used to determine farm-stored loan proceeds in other rice-producing states. The national loan rates for … Continue reading →

More and more young people in their 20s and 30s are turning to farming as a career. They look down on industrial farming and flock to a culture that demands grass-fed and pasture-raised meats. Yet, their interest is hindered by … Continue reading →

The Dairy Industry Advisory Committee voted last week to approve a final report to the Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that offers recommendations concerning dairy farm profitability and milk prices. The committee, which was chartered in 2009, was asked to make … Continue reading →

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand wants to help dairy farmers now. Representing a state that has lost 23 percent of its dairy farms in five years, Gillibrand doesn’t want to wait for the next Farm Bill before changing the pricing … Continue reading →