Introducing: Maxine Moul
Nebraska, meet your new new director of the USDA's Rural Development, Maxine Moul. A business woman her whole career, Moul was appointed by President Barack Obama to lead the department.…
Wisconsin to Produce Less Sweet Corn
Sweet corn crops are expected to be higher in 2009 than in 2008, but officials in Wisconsin said the majority will not be from Wisconsin this year. The USDA predicts…
Dairy Support Price Program
Details about the USDA's new program, Dairy Product Price Support Program, have been released. Senator Amy Klobuchar supported the bill that provides $350 million to dairy farmers who are struggling…
Rural Housing Loans
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $600,000 in loans for poor, rural residents. These low-rate loans will be given to eight organizations to pay for home repairs with low- and very-low-income…
Wisconsin Dairy Farmers are Heard
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation (WFBF) met with a committee of 20 Wisconsin dairy farmers to discuss solutions to short term and long term dairy prices. After discussing possible solution…
Iowa Counties Named Disaster Areas
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced last Tuesday the addition of 25 Iowa Counties to the USDA's disaster list. Previously 57 Iowa counties were put on the list making producers eligible…
Missouri Counties Declared Disaster Areas
The USDA has accepted 28 Missouri counties as primary natural disaster areas. Adair, Caldwell, Carroll, Cedar, Crawford, Daviess, DeKalb, Dunklin, Gentry, Harrison, Knox, Laclede, Marion, Mercer, Mississippi, Montgomery, New Madrid,…
Kansas Counties on Disaster List
Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson has asked USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to declare three Kansas counties disaster areas. Cheyenne, Rice and Sherman counties suffered extreme summer storms caused damage between July…
South Dakota Disaster Loans
South Dakota farmers and producers in 25 counties are eligible for low-rate disaster loans. This announcement follows USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack's visit to South Dakota following a difficult summer and…
Deadline for Value Added Producer Program
The USDA is no longer accepting applications for the Value Added Producer Program. Colorado producers may be eligible for money that is available to assist agricultureal producers seeking to add…