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The USDA Commodity Credit Corporation, which helps stabilize, support and protect farm income and prices, released interest rates for February. The borrowing rate-based charge is 0.375, unchanged from January, while the 1996 and subsequent crop year commodity and marketing assistance … Continue reading →

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has created an online list of Consumer Supported Agriculture, or CSA, that allows residents to invest in local farms and share what is produced. CSAs allow individuals to provide financial backing through … Continue reading →

The USDA Farm Service Agency along with the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies made their partnership official today by signing a memorandum of understanding. The document reinforces a relationship between the agencies that promotes and sustains conservation and environmental … Continue reading →

A new Web site launched Friday opens the door for the public to share its views and interact with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The site is part of the Open Gov Initiative — a charge to transform how government … Continue reading →

Milk cow inventory declined three percent from last year to 9.1 million, according to a report by the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Overall cattle and calf inventory in the U.S. declined one percent from 94.5 in January 2009 to 93.7 … Continue reading →

Sixty-four counties in Florida have been designated a natural disaster area by the USDA due to cold weather and freezing conditions that damaged crops last month. Several contiguous counties in the adjacent states of Alabama and Georgia also qualify for … Continue reading →

The USDA will purchase $29.1 million of blueberries, pears, potatoes, peaches and mixed fruit to benefit farmers and provide for federal food nutrition programs. “These purchases will help stabilize prices and markets, stimulate the economy, and provide high quality, nutritious … Continue reading →

Several Florida counties have been designated primary natural disaster areas due to crop losses caused by Tropical Storm Ida. Farmers in Escambia and Rosa Counties qualify for emergency loans provided by the USDA Farm Service Agency along with Okaloosa County, … Continue reading →

Farmers in Greene County, Ark., are eligible for emergency loans from the USDA Farm Service Agency after the county was designated a natural disaster area due to abnormally cool summer temperatures and excessive rainfall. Dunklin County in Missouri also qualifies … Continue reading →

The National Agricultural Statistics Service released new satellite images of national agricultural land cover for the 2009 crop year. The images serve as a tool for monitoring crop rotation patterns, land use changes, water resources and carbon emissions. Images are available … Continue reading →