Category Archives: Regional Posts

Editorial: Time to Thank Our Farmers and Ranchers

Posted on September 21, 2010 by tanya brown

Montana grocery stores and supermarkets are amazing places.   The fresh produce, meat and dairy products on our shelves are astounding. The cereals and breads are so plentiful and various you wonder if anyone has ever taken the time to … Continue reading →

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Iowa FSA Uses Community Resources to Collect 850 Pounds of Food for Pantry

Posted on September 16, 2010 by tanya brown

    Pictured (l to r): Dave Stromer CED, Connie Zittritsch, Shelly Kohlhaas, Robin Rode, Lila Smith, Cindy Gaedke, Sharon Lovstad, Michelle Bell, Danielle Hanson and Brian Tumey.   More than 850 pounds of food was donated to the Kossuth … Continue reading →

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FSA Youth Loan Enhances 11-Year-Old’s Livestock Showing Potential

Posted on September 15, 2010 by tanya brown

  The life of a typical young boy is nothing compared to the daily routine of 11-year-old FSA Youth Loan recipient, Tanner Johnson.  "My day starts and ends by hand mixing hog feed, feeding and watering farm animals, and working … Continue reading →

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First African-American Appointed Chair of KY FSA State Committee

Posted on September 15, 2010 by tanya brown

President Obama has selected David R. Duncan, Jr., to be the first African-American chairman of the USDA Farm Service Agency State Committee in Kentucky. "It is with great pleasure I accept the position to serve on the Kentucky State Farm … Continue reading →

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TN FSA Sets Goal to Deliver 2,000 Pounds of Food to Needy

Posted on September 14, 2010 by tanya brown

Laura Booker (left) and Sheila Spears set the bar high for the Sumner County FSA Service Center to collect 2,000 pounds of food during the national Feds, Farmers and Friends Feed Families initiative, which ends today. Farm Service Agency employees … Continue reading →

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Award-Winning People’s Garden Donates 889 Pounds of Produce to Seniors

Posted on September 13, 2010 by tanya brown

Employees at the FSA West Liberty Service Center planted an award-winning People’s Garden that helped provide food to senior citizens who lost their homes to flooding. The senior citizen’s centers in seven Kentucky counties are benefitting from fresh produce grown as part … Continue reading →

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USDA Transition Program Gives Hope to Young and Old Alike

Posted on September 10, 2010 by tanya brown

When Taylor Grabanksi, a 23-year-old beginning farmer in Walsh County, N.D., heard about the Farm Service Agency’s Transition Incentive Program (TIP) he knew this was a program he wanted to check out. Taylor grew up on a farm near Inkster, … Continue reading →

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Friendly Competition Cooks Up More than 7,500 Pounds of Food for Needy

Posted on September 7, 2010 by tanya brown

The USDA Farm Service Agency in Schuylkill County, Pa., along with several other agricultural agencies collected more than 7,570 pounds of food during the Feds Feed Families food drive. The friendly competition pitted FSA against the Natural Resources Conservation Service … Continue reading →

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USDA Seeks Tribal Input on Farm Bill Rules

Posted on August 31, 2010 by tanya brown

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have made a renewed commitment to investment and outreach in Indian reservations. As the USDA works to implement legislation within the 2008 Farm Bill, department officials have met with tribal … Continue reading →

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Missouri FSA Prepares College Student for Future in Cattle Business

Posted on August 27, 2010 by tanya brown

Tyler Brune,of Sedgewickville, Mo., dreams of being a farmer some day, and Missouri Farm Service Agency (FSA) is helping to make his dream a reality through the Farm Loan Program and the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

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