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One Week Left to Sign Up for CRP
Only a week remains for producers to sign up for the 45th general Conservation Reserve Program. Producers can sign up by June 14 to receive cost-share assistance to plant long-term, resource-conserving covers and receive annual rental payment for the length … Continue reading
Friday is Last Day to Apply for SURE Assistance
Producers have until Friday, June 7, to apply for the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program for 2011 crop losses. The program provides crop disaster assistance payments to eligible producers on farms that have incurred crop production or quality losses. … Continue reading
Federal Employees Can Donate Leave to Tornado Victims
The Office of Personnel Management has established an emergency program to allow the transfer of unused annual leave to be donated to employees in the same agency or in another agency. Under an executive order by President Obama, the emergency … Continue reading
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Commodity Credit Corporation Releases Lending Rates for June
The USDA Commodity Credit Corporation, which helps stabilize, support and protect farm income and prices, released interest rates for June 2013. The borrowing rate-based charge is 0.125, which is unchanged from May 2013, while the 1996 and subsequent crop year … Continue reading
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Dairy Farmer to Ag Secretary: FSA Has Been a Joy to do Business With
Dear Mr. Secretary: At the age of 13 I told my Junior High guidance counselor that I wanted to be a dairy farmer. Considering I grew up in a town along the Massachusetts coast on an acre and a half … Continue reading
Federal Pay Raise Could Still Be a Reality
The prospect of a federal pay raise for civilian employees was not included in two appropriation bills cleared by the House spending committee, but the raise isn’t entirely off the table. The two approved bills — one for Veterans Affairs … Continue reading
Colony Collapse Disorder? Don’t Worry, RoboBee is Here
After 12 years in development, RoboBee has taken flight. The quarter-sized, flying robot was developed by researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as a way to possibly help with disaster relief and colony collapse — a … Continue reading
Rep. Terri Sewell Promotes USDA StrikeForce Initiative in Alabama
By Vicki Lane, Public Affairs Specialist, Alabama Farm Service Agency U.S. Representative Terri Sewell (D-Ala.), joined USDA agency leaders and others at a meeting of the StrikeForce for Rural Growth and Opportunity in Alabama this month. Approximately 90 citizens and community-based … Continue reading
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OPM Releases Apps for Operating Status & Job Seekers
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management released a free app to provide a real-time look at the current operating status of the federal government in the Washington, D.C. area. iPhone and Android users can view the current and active operating … Continue reading
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Join the Challenge to Reduce, Recover, Recycle Food Waste
Join USDA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as they launch the U.S. Food Waste Challenge on June 4. By recycling food waste into animal feed, compost or energy generation, resources are freed up for other uses to help improve … Continue reading
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