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USDA Officials Find Drought Tour ‘Sobering’
Agriculture officials toured the scorched farmlands of Indiana this week to view the devastation and show support to farmers. Farm and Foreign Agriculture Service Undersecretary Michael Scuse and Indiana FSA Executive Director Julia Wickard said what they saw was sobering … Continue reading
NJ Incubator Farm Offers Low Leases to Beginning Farmers
A grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture has given birth to an incubator farm in New Jersey that offers plots of land to help young and beginning farmers get into the business. Part of a 3,000-acre estate of tobacco … Continue reading
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Tagged beginning farmers, farm, FSA, USDA
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Bringing the Fourth Generation Back to the Farm
When the future of a three-generation Idaho farm was uncertain, the Farm Service Agency’s support to a beginning farmer helped keep the family’s agricultural legacy alive. Three generations of Jacob Vowels’ family had once farmed nearly 2,000 acres along the … Continue reading
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Tagged farm loans, farming, FSA, FSA loans
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Additional 39 Counties in 8 States Declared Disaster Areas Due to Drought
Another 39 counties in eight states have been named primary natural disaster areas by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack due to drought. Last week, Vilsack announced a new process for declaring disaster areas, which fast-tracked 1,016 counties across the country into … Continue reading
Two Weeks Left in 2012 County Committee Nomination Period
Only two weeks remain in the nomination period for the 2012 county committee elections, giving farmers and ranchers just a few more days to select themselves or others as candidates to sit on their local county committee and help make … Continue reading
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Tagged county committee, elections
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Newly Released Publication Guides Farmers, Ranchers Through FSA Loan Process
A new, easy-to-read guide designed to help farmers and ranchers navigate through the FSA Farm Loan Program is now available online. The guide provides customers with information on the types of loans available, loan servicing and other helpful resources for … Continue reading
Teacher, Mentor Puts Talk Into Action
By Josie Malepeai Lealasola, American Samoa FSA and Lester Ueda, Hawaii County David Fuertes wanted to do more than just deliver lip service when it came to agriculture. Working as an ag teacher at Kohala High School on Hawaii Island, … Continue reading
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Journals Reveal Changes in Farming Since 1870s
By Deborah O’Donoghue, public affairs specialist, FSA Public Affairs Branch On May 15, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law a piece of legislation that established the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It was the beginning of what Lincoln penned the … Continue reading
