USDA to Provide More Than $3 Billion to Commodity and Specialty Crop Producers Impacted by 2022 Natural Disasters
1400 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, DC 20250
Contact:
FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
USDA to Open Signup March 16 for Conservation Reserve Program Grasslands
Contact: Alicia.best@usda.gov
RALEIGH, NC, March 5, 2020 – Farmers and ranchers may apply to enroll grasslands in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands signup beginning March 16. The signup runs through May 15.
USDA Provides Additional Pandemic Assistance to Hog Producers
Contact:
FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
Farm Service Agency Will Begin Taking Applications on Dec. 15
Planting Seeds of Knowledge: USDA FSA’s FY24 Guidance for North Carolina’s Farmers and Ranchers
Contact:
Linda Gerron, Communications
linda.gerron@usda.gov
USDA Designates 13 Iowa Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2020 — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 13 Iowa countiesas primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Adair, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Sac, Shelby and Webster counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
Biden Administration Appoints Sherry Hamel to Serve as State Executive Director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency in Maine
Contact: FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2022— The Biden Administration recently appointed Sherry Hamel as the new State Executive Director (SED) for the USDA Maine Farm Service Agency (FSA). Hamel joined the Maine FSA team on Jan. 3, 2022.
Urban and Innovative Producers, Public Invited to Attend November Meeting of Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
Contact:
FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) encourages urban producers, innovative producers and other stakeholders to submit comments for and virtually attend the upcoming public meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (Committee) on Nov. 29, 2023.
USDA Offering Webinar on Supplemental Dairy Marin Coverage Program
Contact: Lynnette Wright
315-477-6309
Lynnette.wright@usda.gov
SYRACUSE, N.Y., Jan. 14, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) in New York state will present a webinar on the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program, and Supplemental DMC program on Thursday, January 27, at 10 a.m.
Urban and Innovative Producers, Public Invited to Attend November Meeting of Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) encourages urban producers, innovative producers and other stakeholders to submit comments for and virtually attend the upcoming public meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (Committee) on Nov. 29, 2023.