Adkins named director for Farm Service Agency in Texas
The Biden administration recently appointed Kelly Adkins as the new state executive director for the USDA Texas Farm Service Agency [...]
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05, 2022
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07, 2021
Pandemic assistance for timber harvesters, haulers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing up to $200 million to provide relief to timber harvesting and timber [...]
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03, 2021
Farmers, ranchers need help to recover from Winter Storm Uri
By Julie Tomascik Editor Texas agriculture suffered devastating losses from Winter Storm Uri in mid-February, and farmers and ranchers need [...]
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11, 2020
FSA 2020 county committee elections underway
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) mailed ballots for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections to eligible farmers [...]
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08, 2020
Deadline approaches for CFAP enrollment
Signup for direct payments through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) ends Aug. 28. The program, which was launched in [...]
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03, 2020
USDA service centers are ‘appointment only’
Farmers and ranchers who need to meet with someone at their county U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) service centers will [...]
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01, 2019
USDA extends application deadline for MFP assistance
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist Farmers and ranchers of certain commodities will have additional time to apply for federal assistance, [...]
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04, 2018
USDA designates 11 Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 11 counties in Texas as primary natural disaster areas due to losses [...]
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04, 2018
FSA makes administrative change to Livestock Indemnity Program
Farmers and ranchers who have lost livestock to disease, resulting from a weather disaster, have an additional way to become [...]
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10, 2017
FSA loans available for underserved groups, beginning farmers
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Acting State Executive Director in Texas Erasmo (Eddie) Trevino reminds farmers [...]