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07/18/2011 08:59 AM EDT
While most teens are trying to keep busy this summer, Jacob Schindler is on the speaking circuit and applying for research grants. The 17-year-old has invented a way to combat Kudzu, an invasive plant that has taken over millions of acres of land throughout the Southeast and is on Federal Noxious Weed List.
07/22/2011 12:38 PM EDT
Farmer and ranchers applying for assistance for 2009 crop losses under the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) program have one week 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 administered...
07/22/2011 10:40 AM EDT
Fast food has a whole new meaning. Hit the USDA Farmers Market each Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and not only can visitors view the national People's Garden, but they can also see the D.C. Central Kitchen's Truck Farm. That's right, a 5-by-6 foot garden on four wheels boasting 26 plant species. Fourteen of those plants were donated by the People's Garden. The truck travels to area youth programs to educate children about growing healthy foods anywhere. Read more (The Washington Post).
07/21/2011 08:05 AM EDT
An analysis by USA Today found that death is the primary threat to federal workers' job security — more so than poor performance, misconduct or layoffs. "The notion that you can't fire federal workers is a myth because we do it. But it doesn't happen frequently," said John Palguta, vice president of the Partnership for Public Service. Compared to the private sector, which fires about 3 percent of its workforce annually due to poor performance, the federal government only fired 0.55 percent of its 2.1 million workforce last fiscal year. The job security rate for federal employees was 99.43 percent...
07/20/2011 10:06 AM EDT
Pictured standing in the CREP acreage admiring the Kincaid's Lupine are representatives of the three-part Conservation Partnership between FSA, the Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) and Mossback Farm. Pictured l tor: Josh Togstad, riparian planner, SWCD; Amie Loop-Frison, Habitat Conservation Plan project manager; Valerie Blaha, Dalton Blaha and Rich Blaha, owners of Mossback Farm, LLC; Darca Glasgow, FSA county executive director. by Lois Loop, Oregon FSA State Office Oregon's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) was initially created to plant riparian (streamside) buffers to aid in increasing and enhancing the habitat for threatened and endangered fish species. Over the...
07/19/2011 11:20 AM EDT
Certain general schedule employees may be approved for a pay increase in 2012 despite the freeze on federal salaries. In a memo by John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management, there will be no increases in special pay rate schedules except under "extraordinary circumstances." Agencies "must make a compelling case that denial of a special increase would result in exceptionally severe recruitment and/or retention difficulties and would have an extremely negative impact on critical agency operations during the coming year," according to OPM. Read more (Government Executive).
07/19/2011 08:34 AM EDT
Farmland is becoming the hottest investment. But beginning farmers or those looking to expand aren't the one's buying it up. Rich investors with no ties to agriculture and no knowledge of running a farm are paying top dollar for acres of corn, soybeans and wheat, with hopes of reaping the rewards as food prices continue to rise. Read more (Associated Press).
07/18/2011 01:34 PM EDT
Resources are available to producers affected by the severe weather affecting most of the United States. A reminder was issued last Friday by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack reassuring farmers hit by floods, tornadoes, drought and fires, that USDA is working hard to assist those in need. "America's farmers and rural communities are vitally important to our nation's economy and our values, and my heart goes out to all who are facing hardships because of severe weather and natural disasters," said Vilsack. Learn more.
07/18/2011 11:05 AM EDT
Farm Service Agency Administrator Bruce Nelson spoke before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee last week about the credit conditions rural America faces and the current status and operations of the farm loan program. Read Nelson's testimony.
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