Tag: USDA
USDA reopens continuous CRP sign up
FSA will accept applications for certain practices under the Conservation Reserve Program and will offer extensions for expiring contracts beginning June 3.
USDA farm loan limits increase
The 2018 Farm Bill increased the amount that producers can borrow through USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans.
Dairy Margin Coverage program to aid farmers
The USDA announces February income triggers second payment in June through Dairy Margin Coverage program.
Market ignores flooding, focuses on USDA’s stocks report
Between the ground farmers expect to plant in 2019 and the crops still in storage, the acreage lost for the 2019 growing season to flooding may not matter.
USDA, FDA outline plan for meat from cultured cells
The USDA and the FDA will jointly oversee the production of human food products derived from the cells of livestock and poultry.
USDA to reopen all Farm Service Agency offices
All USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices nationwide will reopen Jan. 24, and will be open five days a week through Feb. 8. If the government shutdown continues beyond that time, office hours will be reduced.
Some USDA Farm Service Agency offices to reopen
Many USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices will reopen temporarily in the next three days to perform certain limited services for farmers
Falling back on grain market’s technical analysis
One of the side effects of the current government shutdown is that we are missing much of our fundamental information in the grain markets.
Amid shutdown, what’s still open at USDA?
The partial government shutdown has raised many questions among farmers, and rural America.
USDA agencies caught in middle
Alan Guebert says a hallmark of the Trump administration’s management of farm policy is picking fights that are as costly to win as they are to lose.
