USDA releases final farm income forecast for 2016
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Economic Research Service (ERS) released its final farm income forecast for 2016. The agency [...]
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12, 2016
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12, 2016
FSA extends deadline for the County Committee elections
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced the deadline to submit 2016 County Committee ballots has [...]
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11, 2016
USDA makes changes to prevented planting program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced updates to improve the Prevented Planting Program. “These improvements [...]
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11, 2016
USDA 2017 CSP signup begins
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is the nation’s largest conservation program with 70 million acres [...]
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11, 2016
FSA County Committee elections underway
This week, more than 1.5 million farmers and ranchers across the U.S. will begin receiving their ballots to elect the [...]
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10, 2016
USDA to purchase $20 million of cheese
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to purchase $20 million of cheddar cheese to reduce a private cheese surplus [...]
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10, 2016
October is National Cooperative Month
There are nearly 3,000 farmer cooperatives in agriculture whose members include a majority of the nation’s 2 million farmers and [...]
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10, 2016
USDA requires meat packers to report online cattle auctions
In efforts to provide more transparency and boost price discovery in cash markets, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced [...]
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09, 2016
Study shows jobs in ag expected to rise rapidly
A recent study by Purdue University economists indicated that jobs within agriculture are expected to rise rapidly within the next [...]
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09, 2016
Grazing management could increase profit for ranchers
Better grazing management can help cut winter feeding costs and could increase profits for ranchers, according to research from the [...]