Category Archives: Features

Farm Service Agency Tree Assistance Program Provides Aid to Florida Citrus Growers Combatting Greening

Posted on May 22, 2017 by cassiebable

By Lauren Moore, FSA Public Affairs Specialist Adversity isn’t a stranger to Florida citrus growers. Throughout Florida’s history of citrus production, producers have dealt with damages left in the wake of multiple hurricanes and freezes. Larry Black is a fifth-generation citrus … Continue reading →

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FSA Helps “Berries by Bill” Bring Local Produce to Arkansas Schools

Posted on May 18, 2017 by cassiebable

By Jason Floriani, Arkansas FSA Farm Loan Officer Bill Landreth, owner of Berries by Bill, Inc., has a u-pick strawberry patch and grows a variety of fresh produce sold on his farm and at local farmer’s markets. He can also … Continue reading →

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Family Fruit and Vegetable Grower Depends on USDA Natural Disaster Safety Net for Long Term Success

Posted on May 15, 2017 by cassiebable

  by Savannah Halleaux, Public Affairs & Outreach Coordinator, Michigan FSA  At Corey Lake Orchards in Three Rivers, Michigan, (South of Kalamazoo) springtime means the strawberry beds are prepped, trees in the orchard are budding, grape pruning is done and … Continue reading →

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Farm Service Agency Youth Loan Program Helps Georgia FFA Member Achieve Her Dream

Posted on May 11, 2017 by cassiebable

by Lauren Moore, FSA Public Affairs Specialist Elizabeth “Lizzi” Neal’s passion for farming can be credited to her middle school agriculture teacher and a pig named Marmaduke. Neal purchased Marmaduke, a crossbred market barrow, as her first show animal when … Continue reading →

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FSA Program Supports Ethanol Production, Improves Iowa Farmer’s Bottom Line

Posted on May 5, 2017 by cassiebable

By Kelly Novak, FSA Energy Programs Manager There’s an old saying that when a farmer raises a hog the only part that isn’t used is the squeal. In Ringsted, Iowa, Jay and Roslyn Gunderson raise hogs, along with soybeans and … Continue reading →

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Farm Loan Deputy Administrator Talks Farm Credit at 2017 Ag Outlook Forum

Posted on May 4, 2017 by cassiebable

By Wayne Maloney, Farm Service Agency Credit is the lifeblood of agriculture, and a top USDA loan official talked about the importance of the Farm Service Agency to a large audience of lenders, crop insurance professionals, journalists and producers at … Continue reading →

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Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service Officials Ask for Your Help in Controlling Palmer amaranth

Posted on April 19, 2017 by cassiebable

By Chris Beyerhelm, Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency and Leonard Jordan, Acting Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service USDA has learned that Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri), an invasive weed, may have infested some newly-seeded (2016) conservation plantings across the upper Midwest. … Continue reading →

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CRP Change Could Help New Farmers

Posted on January 17, 2017 by cassiebable

By Gene Lucht, Missouri Farmer Today Link to article in Missouri Farmer Today: http://www.missourifarmertoday.com/news/crop/crp-change-could-help-new-farmers/article_da9d79cc-d29a-11e6-b1f0-9b4d6432a9f8.html CARLISLE, Iowa — Beginning farmers will see increased opportunities to buy or rent farmland through a change in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) rules announced last week. … Continue reading →

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FSA Loan Helps a New Generation of Dairy Farmers Say ‘Cheese’ in Southern Illinois

Posted on January 9, 2017 by cassiebable

By Lauren Moore, FSA Public Affairs Specialist Generations of the Marcoot family have raised and milked Jersey dairy cows in southern Illinois since the mid-1800s. John Marcoot took over the operations at Marcoot Jersey Farm in 1979, starting the sixth … Continue reading →

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CRP Offers New Opportunity for Small Livestock Operations

Posted on November 10, 2016 by cassiebable

By Lauren Moore, FSA Public Affairs Specialist During a tour of Emerald Valley Farm in Newville, Pennsylvania, USDA Deputy Under Secretary Alexis Taylor announced that the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) has expanded the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands program … Continue reading →

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