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07/06/2011 07:42 AM EDT
The drought that has overtaken most of the south is having a profound impact on the cotton crop, according to USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey. The situation is desperate in Oklahoma where 43 percent of the cotton was rated very poor to poor just four weeks ago. The latest USDA crop report released yesterday upped that number to 73 percent. Cotton in Texas is following a similar patter with 57 percent of its cotton rated very poor to poor, an eight percent increase from four weeks ago. Nationwide, only 28 percent of cotton has been rated as good. View the report...
07/08/2011 08:03 AM EDT
Staff searching for a central location to find solutions to their software questions have a place to turn. The Quick Tips and Resource Links site, or QTips is now available to help answer specific questions about Microsoft Office programs such as Word, PowerPoint or Outlook, and other software applications. Want to know how to use formulas in an Excel spreadsheet or how to change margins in a Word document, just connect to QTips. Learn how to shorten a long URL or get assistance on Adobe Acrobat Reader. Whatever the problem, QTips can help assist in identifying a resource.Employees can ask...
07/06/2011 02:22 PM EDT
Once one of the largest tobacco making farms, The Chaney Family Farm has reinvented itself into a profitable dairy operation that has an ice cream shop and movie night. by Winnie Breeding, Kentucky FSA State Office If you were to ask Carl Chaney if he thought one day his family farm would be a local hangout for ice cream lovers and movie goers while still creating products that line grocery shelves, his answer would be "no". In 1888, the first Chaney family moved to the Kentucky area and began farming. Surprisingly enough, at one time the Chaney farm was one...
07/07/2011 10:43 AM EDT
The development of the nation's first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant could bring nearly $14 million in new revenue to Iowa farmers. Announced today by U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Project LIBERTY will produce up to 25 million gallons of ethanol a year and generate about 200 jobs during construction and 40 permanent jobs at the Emmetsburg, Iowa plant. Learn more.
07/07/2011 11:12 AM EDT
Dave Russell (center, holding plaque) was recognized by Indiana FSA employees for 30 years of broadcasting service to the agriculture community. The Indiana Farm Service Agency office bid farewell to Dave Russell, broadcaster with Brownfield Radio Farm Broadcasters, after more than 30 years of providing up-to-date coverage of Indiana's agricultural issues. FSA employees met with Russell and thanked him for his passion, understanding and working relationship with the Farm Service Agency. FSA State Executive Director Julia A. Wickard presented him with a certificate of appreciation for his decades of leadership to the Indiana agricultural community. Russell will move to Ohio...
07/05/2011 12:20 PM EDT
Farmer and ranchers applying for assistance for 2009 crop losses under the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program have until July 29 to submit an application. SURE provides crop disaster assistance to eligible producers that have suffered crop production or quality losses. Producers must have suffered at least a 10 percent loss on a crop of economic significance and obtained a policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program. A limit of $100,000 per person or legal applies to the combination of payments from SURE and the livestock disaster programs...
07/05/2011 03:07 PM EDT
The Nebraska Farm Service Agency has encouraged 16 families in the Harvard city area to come together and create a community People's Garden. "I prefer to help people help themselves," said David Studnicka, Clay County FSA executive director. That's why Studnicka chose a community garden. He initially started with five people and five plots. When word got around, that number increased to 16. Read more (Hastings Tribune).
07/05/2011 08:31 AM EDT
FSA has helped Clothilde Ntahomvukiye and Michele Mpambazi adjust to farming in northern New England. Both participate in the New Farms for New Americans project and have been farming since they were children. The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Vermont is going above and beyond to reach socially disadvantaged farmers in the Green Mountain state. FSA's Vermont State Executive Director Robert Paquin cites the outstanding work of two Vermont-based FSA employees in particular — brothers Brad and Larry Parker — as key to Vermont FSA's success in reaching new immigrants from Africa and Asia and helping them adjust to...
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