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09/02/2011 11:33 AM EDT
Pictured (from l to r): Ralph Bellamy, Kathy Mackay, Janet Coleman, Shelly Evans, Jackie Norfleet, Lisa Parchman, Ron Eldridge and Scott Turpin. USDA Farm Service Agency Service Center in Clarksville, Tenn., collected 669 pounds for the Feds Feed Families initiative this summer. The staff chose Manna Café Ministries to receive their donation. The food drive, spearheaded by Kathy Mackay and Jackie Norfleet, ran for three months. Manna Café Ministries provides 500 meals each week and 800 boxes of food to the needy in the Clarksville area. Along with a hot meal, a goody bag of non-perishable food items is provided...
09/02/2011 08:35 AM EDT
The Garcia family's farm and dream home was purchased with help from the Farm Service Agency. Pictured (l to r) Micaela, Alex, Cesar, Ivan, Hector and Edgar. by Bonita Pfannenstiel, farm loan officer, Ness City, Kan. Call it fate or good fortune. When Cesar Garcia started working with the Pawnee County Farm Service Agency staff in Kansas, he developed a relationship that would help achieve his dream of owning a farm. "The Pawnee County staff has been a great help. I would say it is an opportunity of a life-time for me," said Garcia, who has lived in the Garfield/Kinsley...
09/01/2011 01:14 PM EDT
The USDA Commodity Credit Corporation, which helps stabilize, support and protect farm income and prices, released interest rates for August 2011. The borrowing rate-based charge is 0.125, which is unchanged from August 2011, while the 1996 and subsequent crop year commodity and marketing assistance loans dispersed during September is 1.125, unchanged from last month. Interest rates for Farm Storage Facility Loans and discount rates for the Tobacco Transition Payment Program also are available. Read more.
09/01/2011 11:23 AM EDT
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack praised the resiliency of farmers and ranchers after the Farm Income report, released this week, showed U.S. farm income set to hit a record high. "This year brought a host of challenges for America's farmers, ranchers and producers: Hurricanes, floods, drought and other extreme weather have driven thousands of Americans from their homes, destroyed crops, and threatened our rural communities. But despite the setbacks, American agriculture is thriving, demonstrating again that the men and women who own and operate America's farms and ranches are some of the most resilient in the world. Read Vilsack's entire statement.
09/01/2011 09:33 AM EDT
USDA is ready to deploy personnel and resources to assist efforts by federal, state and local authorities in response to Hurricane Irene, according to a statement made by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Vilsack toured areas of North Carolina and Virginia yesterday along with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to evaluate the effects of the hurricane that hit the U.S. East Coast last weekend. "USDA is ready to provide food, emergency assistance and other resources to the affected areas," he said. Learn more.
08/31/2011 11:41 PM EDT
A union representing federal employees has told The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to leave federal employees alone and target contractors as a way of cutting federal spending. Known as the supercommittee, the 12-member group was formed as part of the law that raised the nation's debt ceiling and is tasked with reducing federal spending. In a letter to the Sen. Patty Murray, the American Federation for Government Employees said that federal employees have already contributed to reducing the nation's debt and before cutting federal employees, agencies should be forced to get rid of contractors first. Read more (Federal...
08/31/2011 01:36 PM EDT
Emergency grazing for acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program has been extended for producers in El Paso and Elbert counties in Colorado. Eligible producers must obtain approval from FSA before haying eligible acres. The extension runs through Sept. 30, 2011. Learn more.
08/31/2011 10:12 AM EDT
Corn plants that Monsanto Company genetically modified to resist rootworm are falling prey to the predator in several Iowa fields. The findings have scientists concerned that farmers who use these genetically modified crops could create superbugs. Monsanto said the corn seeds are working as expected "on more than 99% of the acres planted with this technology." Read more (The Wall Street Journal).
08/29/2011 03:05 PM EDT
Drought along the southern Plains has created high demand for hay. That's good news for farmers in the north, but bad news for producers in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas who are paying inflated prices for the hay and additional costs to have it transported. The average price of hay climbed to $170 per ton this summer compared to $112 per ton last July, according to statistics from USDA. Read more (Associated Press).
08/29/2011 10:52 AM EDT
A survey of Indiana farmland showed prices rose 25 percent across the state in 2010. Supply and demand along with strong grain prices and low interest rates have sent the state's farmland to record highs. According to the survey, poor-quality farmland averaged $4,400 an acre while top-quality farmlands average more than $6,500 per acre. Read more (Associated Press).
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