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USDA Bends Rules on Conservation Programs to Help Farmers, Livestock Producers Weather Drought
USDA announced additional steps to assist farmers and livestock producers suffering from one of the worst droughts seen in more than 70 years. During a media conference today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced changes to several conservation programs that will … Continue reading
Sign-Up for Highly Erodible Land Initiative Opens Today
Sign-up for the Highly Erodible Land Initiative under the Conservation Reserve Program opens today, July 23, giving landowners an opportunity to receive rental payments and cost-share assistance to establish long-term, resource conserving covers on eligible cropland. Croplands with an erodibility … Continue reading
USDA Officials Find Drought Tour ‘Sobering’
Agriculture officials toured the scorched farmlands of Indiana this week to view the devastation and show support to farmers. Farm and Foreign Agriculture Service Undersecretary Michael Scuse and Indiana FSA Executive Director Julia Wickard said what they saw was sobering … Continue reading
NJ Incubator Farm Offers Low Leases to Beginning Farmers
A grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture has given birth to an incubator farm in New Jersey that offers plots of land to help young and beginning farmers get into the business. Part of a 3,000-acre estate of tobacco … Continue reading
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Bringing the Fourth Generation Back to the Farm
When the future of a three-generation Idaho farm was uncertain, the Farm Service Agency’s support to a beginning farmer helped keep the family’s agricultural legacy alive. Three generations of Jacob Vowels’ family had once farmed nearly 2,000 acres along the … Continue reading
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Additional 39 Counties in 8 States Declared Disaster Areas Due to Drought
Another 39 counties in eight states have been named primary natural disaster areas by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack due to drought. Last week, Vilsack announced a new process for declaring disaster areas, which fast-tracked 1,016 counties across the country into … Continue reading
Newly Released Publication Guides Farmers, Ranchers Through FSA Loan Process
A new, easy-to-read guide designed to help farmers and ranchers navigate through the FSA Farm Loan Program is now available online. The guide provides customers with information on the types of loans available, loan servicing and other helpful resources for … Continue reading
Change in Disaster Process Provides Faster Service, Lower Interest Rates
Farmers and ranchers affected by natural disasters can now receive faster and less burdensome assistance from the U.S. Department Agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today improvements to the Secretarial disaster designation process that will reduce wait time by 40 … Continue reading
Auto Exec Trades Up for a Ranch
By Kent Politsch, Chief, FSA Public Affairs Branch Some people have “Heaven on Earth!” How many times have you heard that said? Ever wonder who or where they were talking about? If you were in Wyoming, it might have been … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, Conservation Reserve Program, CRP, FSA
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Best Friends Find Niche Through FSA Rural Youth Loan Program
By Pamela Sikes, Coffee County FSA, Alabama Caylex Strickland and Ivy Bright are two teenagers with an entrepreneurial spirit. Born just one week apart and best friends since grade school, it is no wonder the pair followed similar paths to … Continue reading
