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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, April 27, 2024
In a series of letters, Farm Service Agency officials at the state and federal levels have been debating whether or not a consistently rough winter should make producers eligible for livestock disaster assistance programs.
The Agriculture Department is closing county Farm Service Agency offices after Friday and will suspend publication of some new reports and take others offline with the partial government shutdown set to drag into the new year.
A slow farm economy spells a downturn in demand for operating loans in much of America, despite fraying farm profits, as more farm debt moves to low-interest farmland mortgages.
Eligible producers can now sign up for "trade aid" but will need to have 2018 production records in hand before Market Facilitation Program payments can be calculated.
USDA’s Farm Service Agency says 2017 was another year of high activity in its farm loan programs, with farm families accessing nearly $6 billion in new credit, either directly or guaranteed through commercial lenders.
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue has made official his picks to serve as Farm Service Agency committee members across the country, adding former farm group leaders in several states.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 - USDA will begin mailing ballots to eligible farmers and ranchers across the country for the 2017 Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections on Monday, Nov 6.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2017 — Bowing to requests from the dairy industry, USDA says it will allow milk producers to opt out of the Margin Protection Program for 2018.