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A Vaccine That Chicks Can Eat
Chicken producers may soon have an alternative way to vaccinate newborn chicks. USDA scientists have developed a gelatin-filled bead that hold low doses of the vaccine and can be fed to the chicks. Traditionally, farmers use a conveyor belt and … Continue reading
Modern-Day Land Grab: Expiring CRP Contracts Create Opportunity For Fledgling Farmers
Courtesy Martha Mintz, John Deere’s THE FURROW Magazine, There was no shotgun start or race to stake a claim, but when Conservation Reserve Program contracts started expiring, a good old-fashioned land rush kicked off in Blaine County, Mont. “Ten years … Continue reading
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Tagged beginning farmers, Conservation Reserve Program, CRP, farmers, FSA
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USDA Announces $10.5 Million in Grants to Producers
About $10.5 million in grants is available to producers through the Value-Added Producer Grant program. The program strengthens ties between agricultural producers and their local communities by creating and expanding marketing opportunities, developing specialty or niche products and creating new … Continue reading
New App Frees Farmers from Paperwork
A new app helps farmers map crops and monitor irrigation systems so they can avoid clunky binders, antiquated spreadsheets and tedious paperwork. Created by the University of Vermont Extension with a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the goCrop … Continue reading
First-Ever Report Highlights Benefits of Agroforestry to Farmers, Ranchers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released the first-ever report on the department’s role in agroforestry. Agroforestry: USDA Reports to America highlights ways agroforestry practices help farmers and ranchers enhance agricultural productivity, protect the environment and increase profits. Agroforestry is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Agroforestry, farmers, USDA, Vilsack
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82-Year-Old Still Tills Land With Donkey
Drive through Mars Bluff, S.C., and 82-year-old Clarence “Chubby” Jeffords may be out tilling his 20-acre farm the old fashioned way — with a donkey. Despite having two tractors, Chubby prefers hitching up a donkey he named Rabbit and putting … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, farmers
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Man Sentenced for FSA Loan Fraud
A man has been sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to pay $163,000 for selling cattle, hay and other equipment pledged as collateral for several loans from the Farm Service Agency. Patrick Charles Thomas, 55, pleaded guilty to … Continue reading
Wyoming Sugar Still Sweet: Community Support, FSA Assistance Makes a Difference
By Paul Lehman, West Region FSA Public Affairs This is a story of Wyoming tenacity, teamwork and stepping up to the plate when called on to save a company that was worth saving. The story began in 1916 in the … Continue reading
12-Year-Old Loan Recipient Becomes Grand Champion
Coby Hudson is an ambitious pre-teen who understand the concept of farming. “Sometimes living on a farm means less sleep to make sure everything like chores, schoolwork and other stuff gets done, but it’s just a part of the life,” … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, farmers, youth, Youth Loan
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Local Ohio Farmer Teams with FSA to Make Largest Donation in State
The Muskingum-Morgan Farm Service Agency in Ohio teamed up with Andy Rittberger, the largest vegetable grower in Muskingum County to provide produce to local food banks. In response to USDA’s Feds Feed Families Food Drive, FSA coordinated with Rittberger and … Continue reading
