Ask FSA Andy by FSA Andy: What is a disaster?
Hello Again!What would you classify as a ‘disaster’? I guess the answer to this would depend on who you asked and the timing of...
FSA Andy: Low-interest loans can teach youth financial responsibility
The Farm Service Agency has Youth Loans available. These loans can be up to $5,000 and the youth must be age 10 through 20.
Ask FSA Andy by FSA Andy
Hello Again!It’s Friday afternoon and I’m trying to figure out what to write for FSA Andy. FSA stuff can be a ” little” boring...
Ask FSA Andy by FSA Andy
Hello Again!Happy belated Fourth of July to all. Here are some neat tidbits about the Fourth. The actual resolution declaring our independence from England...
FSA Andy: Assistance program offered for renewable energy crops
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced the establishment of four additional Biomass Crop Assistance Program project areas to promote the cultivation of crops that can be processed into renewable energy.
Ask FSA Andy: Commodity Credit Corp. loans, CRP and farm loans
Hello Again!Today I have three topics I would like to briefly talk about. They include your stored grain that is under loan, maintenance of...
Farmers should participate in FSA county committee elections
The nomination period for local Farm Service Agency county committees began June 15. I urge all farmers to participate in this year's county committee elections by nominating candidates by the Aug. 1 deadline.
Ask FSA Andy by FSA Andy– Delay in prevented planting
Hello Again!We at FSA sincerely hope most of you have been able to get back into the fields and make some progress in planting...
FSA built to support farmers and continues to do so
Hello Again!Do you remember the Great Depression with its Black Tuesday in 1929? Or did you experience the dust bowl and see the cloud...
Transitioning farm to next generation? Consider your USDA participation
Hello Friends:Few things make a farmer happier at retirement than handing his/her farm to someone who also loves working the land. In last week’s...
