New Legislation Will Benefit Farmers
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said climate legislation will benefit farmers. Although no exact details are available, growers would be paid to offset greenhouse gas emissions. Vilsack said the payments could…
Criteria Announced for ACRE
Those looking to participate in the average crop revenue election (ACRE) program, the USDA just announced criteria for participation. ACRE is an optional safety net program that protects both price…
Cows of the Future
Researchers are looking to engineer the “cow of the future†that releases less gas to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020. The project wants to reduce intestinal…
Loans Available for Vermont Farmers
Vermont's struggling farmers have a new ray of hope. Gov. Jim Douglas announced a new loan program that uses $1 million of the federal stimulus money to leverage $6 million…
Obama Puts Money Aside to Settle Claims
President Barack Obama proposed the government use $1.25 billion to settle discrimination claims by black farmers against the USDA. The proposal is included in the president's budget request for 2010.…
Pork Industry Impacted by Swine Flu
A struggling pork industry is bracing themselves for more hardships. According to Chris Hurt, agricultural economist at Purdue University, Indiana hog farmers have been losing money every quarter over the…
Children's Safety
The director of the National Farm Medicine Center at Marshall Clinic, Barbara Lee, expressed the center's commitment to farm safety after the recent death of a four-year-old Oklahoma boy. Experts…
Caruso Named FSA Administrator
The United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on April 22 that he appointed Dough Caruso as Administrator. The administers manage farm commodity, credit, conservation, disaster and loan…
North Dakota Land Value Increased in 2008
According to the Andrew Swenson at the North Dakota State University Extension Service, an acre of North Dakota cropland increased in value by 16 percent in 2008. The information comes…
Thinking Outside of the Box
Raw milk is drawing crowds far away to farms across Wisconsin. Not many farms carry raw milk, but it is a much desired product. Unpasteurized milk is considered illegal by…