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StrikeForce Provides Farmers an Opportunities for Growth
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Tagged Agriculture, beginning farmers, farmers, FSA, StrikeForce, USDA, Vilsack
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Smithsonian Wants Public Participation to Develop Ag Archive
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is asking the public to help preserve the history of farming and ranching across the United States. Through user-submitted stories, photos, videos audio files, the Agriculture Innovation and Heritage Archive is hoping to … Continue reading
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Small Farmer Finds Success with FSA Microloan Program
By Cassie Bable, Texas FSA Public Affairs Specialist John Lee Meyer applied for his first loan with the Smith County Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Texas to purchase a John Deere 2750 tractor with cab for his hay operation. Meyer owns … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, beginning farmers, crops, farm loans, farmers, FSA, microloans, USDA
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Commodity Credit Corporation Releases Lending Rates for March
The USDA Commodity Credit Corporation, which helps stabilize, support and protect farm income and prices, released interest rates for March 2013. The borrowing rate-based charge is 0.125, which is unchanged from February 2013, while the 1996 and subsequent crop year … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, commodity credit corp, FSA, loans, USDA
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Learning A Lot From a Christmas Tree
Residents in York County, Neb., could learn a lot from a Christmas tree. Staff members in the York County Farm Service Agency office participated in the Annual Avenue of Trees, an annual event that displays about 20 trees decorated by … Continue reading
Producers Face Nor’easter After Superstorm Sandy
Farmers on the East Coast are bracing once again for a major storm as a nor’easter is expected to bring high winds, snow and freezing temperatures. This comes on the heels of Hurricane Sandy that spared acres of cropland from … Continue reading
Researchers to Build Robots to Prune Grapes, Apples
The robots are coming! And some of them may end up taking over the labor-intensive and often expensive task of pruning grapevines and apple trees. Scientists at Purdue University received $3 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and another … Continue reading
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Possible Second Case of Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is possibly facing its second case of chronic wasting disease, according to officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. As of today or Wednesday, the department will know whether a second animal from a captive deer farm in Adams … Continue reading
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Halloween May Have Roots in Agriculture
The last day of October is consumed with costumes, parties and trick-or-treaters, but Halloween got its start in agriculture. For ancient Celtic cultures, Oct. 31 was the last day of the year and a day to bring animals in for … Continue reading
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