Tag: FSA
Ask FSA Andy about filing a notice of loss
Filing a Notice of Loss, CCC-576, is used to report failed acreage and prevented planting and may be completed by any producer with an interest in the crop.
Ask FSA Andy about farm storage loans
FSA's Farm Storage Facility Loan program provides low-interest financing to producers to build or upgrade storage facilities.
Cost share assistance now available for organic farmers
Organic producers will be able to visit FSA offices to apply for federal reimbursement to assist with the cost of organic or transitional certification.
Ask FSA Andy about FSA guaranteed loans
FSA guaranteed loans allow lenders to provide agricultural credit to farmers who do not meet the lender’s normal underwriting criteria.
FSA now offers text alerts
The Ohio USDA FSA County offices now offers farmers and producers the opportunity to receive notifications from their county office through text messages.
FSA offers marketing assistance
FSA Marketing Assistance Loans are great for anyone that has stored grain.
Early warm up affects trees
FSA offers the Tree Assistance Program (tap) for orchardists and nursery tree growers who experienced losses from natural disasters.
Katherine Johnson led African American efforts in space travel
The history behind the movie Hidden Figures — the story of Katherine G. Johnson, a brilliant African-American woman who worked at NASA.
If you use a cell phone, thank Jessee Russell
Even though I don't like all the things cell phones have brought us, I do understand that they have become an important tool on today's family farm.
From bread crumbs to riches
Joseph Lee invented a machine that would mechanize tearing, crumbling and grinding bread into crumbs. Using the crumbs eliminated a lot of waste.
