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Commodity Credit Corporation Releases Lending Rates for November
The USDA Commodity Credit Corporation, which helps stabilize, support and protect farm income and prices, released interest rates for November 2013. The borrowing rate-based charge is 0.125, which is unchanged from October 2013, while the 1996 and subsequent crop year … Continue reading
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Scientist Find Secret to Improving Taste of Tomatoes
Researchers at the USDA Agricultural Research Service may have discovered ways for tomatoes to keep their fresh-from-the-garden taste. Scientist found that sugar and acid are the key characteristics in tomato varieties that determine the overall flavor. Although the amount of … Continue reading
First-Ever Report Highlights Benefits of Agroforestry to Farmers, Ranchers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released the first-ever report on the department’s role in agroforestry. Agroforestry: USDA Reports to America highlights ways agroforestry practices help farmers and ranchers enhance agricultural productivity, protect the environment and increase profits. Agroforestry is a … Continue reading
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Honoring a Fallen Farmer
Kyle Hendrix, chairman of the FSA Piatt County Committee, received a tribute fit for a farmer. Hendrix died of cancer on Sept. 23, 2013, leaving his wife and two young children. His life touched many farmers in Illinois that area … Continue reading
Dairy Producers Must Submit MILC Documentation by Nov. 1
Dairy producers participating in the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program must submit final production evidence and any supporting documentation by Nov. 1, 2013. Documentation must be submitted for all eligible months that MILC payments were available, which include fiscal … Continue reading
82-Year-Old Still Tills Land With Donkey
Drive through Mars Bluff, S.C., and 82-year-old Clarence “Chubby” Jeffords may be out tilling his 20-acre farm the old fashioned way — with a donkey. Despite having two tractors, Chubby prefers hitching up a donkey he named Rabbit and putting … Continue reading
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Census of Agriculture Delayed
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will delay the publication of the 2012 Census of Agriculture due to the recent lapse in federal funding. The publication was originally scheduled to be released on Feb. 4, 2014. A new release date had … Continue reading
Man Sentenced for FSA Loan Fraud
A man has been sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to pay $163,000 for selling cattle, hay and other equipment pledged as collateral for several loans from the Farm Service Agency. Patrick Charles Thomas, 55, pleaded guilty to … Continue reading
Wyoming Sugar Still Sweet: Community Support, FSA Assistance Makes a Difference
By Paul Lehman, West Region FSA Public Affairs This is a story of Wyoming tenacity, teamwork and stepping up to the plate when called on to save a company that was worth saving. The story began in 1916 in the … Continue reading
Commodity Credit Corporation Releases Lending Rates for October
The USDA Commodity Credit Corporation, which helps stabilize, support and protect farm income and prices, released interest rates for October 2013. The borrowing rate-based charge is 0.125, which is unchanged from September 2013, while the 1996 and subsequent crop year … Continue reading
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