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Contact: Latawnya.Dia@wdc.usda.govWASHINGTON, April 3, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 12 counties in New Mexico as primary natural disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by a recent drought. Those counties are:CatronLeaRio ArribaSan MiguelGuadalupeMcKinleySandovalSanta FeHardingMoraSan…
April 18, 2018 — As mandated in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, seed cotton is now a covered commodity under the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs effective for the 2018 crop year. As a result, producers with generic base acres will be allowed to convert to cotton base or allocate to…
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WASHINGTON, April 9, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will issue $34 million to help agricultural producers recover from 2017 natural disasters through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP), which covers losses not covered by certain other USDA disaster assistance…
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Contact: Latawnya.Dia@wdc.usda.govWASHINGTON, March 29, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Washington County in Utah as primary natural disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by a recent drought.Farmers and ranchers in the contiguous counties of Iron and Kane in Utah also qualify…
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Bipartisan Budget Act Makes Substantial Program ChangesWASHINGTON, April 3, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is encouraging dairy producers to consider enrolling in the new and improved Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy), which will provide better protections for dairy producers from shifting milk and…