USDA seeks GMO input
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has posted
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06, 2017
NRCS aims to restore longleaf pine forests
Over the past two centuries, longleaf pine forests have been reduced by almost 97 percent due to development, timbering and [...]
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06, 2017
Emergency loss loans available for Texas counties
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Acting Administrator Chris Beyerhelm announced physical loss loans are available [...]
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05, 2017
Disaster Assistance Programs available for farmers, ranchers
Farmers, ranchers, families and small businesses affected by recent severe storms and flooding have assistance available through several U.S. Department [...]
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05, 2017
U.S. cotton crop expected to be bigger in 2017-18
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, the 2017-18 cotton crop [...]
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05, 2017
Perdue unveils plan to reorganize USDA
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue released a plan on May 11 to reorganize the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). [...]
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04, 2017
USDA announces cotton loan rate differentials
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced the 2017 crop loan rate differentials for upland and extra-long [...]
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04, 2017
Countdown to agriculture census
By Shala Watson Multimedia Writer Every five years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts [...]
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04, 2017
April is Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month
By Shala Watson Multimedia Writer The economic losses from invasive species cost the nation up to $120 billion a year, [...]
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04, 2017
Military entrepreneurial project, ag workshop set for April 28-29
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, in cooperation with the Texas AgrAbility Project, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Millican Reserve and [...]