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USDA Says Biomass Crop Assistance Program to Spur Production of Renewable Energy, Job Creation – FSA Seeks Comments on Proposed Rule

February 5, 2010 // 2 Comments

USDA Press Release No. 0046.10; Contact: Kent Politsch 202-720-7163 Biomass Crop Assistance Program to Spur Production of Renewable Energy, Job Creation USDA Farm Service [...]

Agriculture Futures Prices on Chicago Board of Trade Mixed on Thursday

February 5, 2010 // 0 Comments

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (CP) CHICAGO — Agriculture futures were mixed Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery jumped 6.75 cents US to $4.7575 a [...]

EPA Rules Ethanol Green Enough for Fuel Mandates

February 5, 2010 // 0 Comments

From Agriculture Online; Story by Dan Looker, Successful Farming magazine Business Editor “The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday released its final rule for [...]

Article, Update, and Action on Food Safety Legislation

February 1, 2010 // 0 Comments

Article: The Incredible Shrinking Local Market By Annette Higby, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. For more information on the Food Safety issue from NSAC Visit: [...]

Here Come GAP Standards! And We Still Don’t Know What they Will Mean For Small Farmers

February 1, 2010 // 4 Comments

The article containing the excerpts below appeared in the November/December 2009 issue of Growing for Market. It is available in it’s entirety online at: [...]

Important Update on NRCS High Tunnel Pilot Program

February 1, 2010 // 0 Comments

From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. To Read the full article go to: [...]

Incorporating the Farm – Options and Resources

January 31, 2010 // 3 Comments

Beginning farmers often face the tough decision of whether and how to incorporate their farm. From my experience speaking with farmers, and reading discussion forums, blog [...]

Grow Your Farm Program – For New And Beginning Farmers in Missouri

January 31, 2010 // 3 Comments

Ag Opportunities: Volume 21, Number 1, January 2010 (Available At: https://agebb.missouri.edu/mac/agopp/mac1.htm) Grow Your Farm Program is Growing As part of the three-year [...]

Guest Article: Collected Seed Farm – A Source for GMO Free Open Pollinated Organic Heirloom Vegetable Seeds

January 29, 2010 // 0 Comments

Collected Seed: GMO Free, Open Pollinated Organic Heirloom Vegetable Seeds So apparently these folks have disappeared. The link in the original post goes to a Chinese [...]

BusinessWeek Article: Entrepreneurs Keep the Local Food Movement Hot

January 22, 2010 // 1 Comment

Local food businesses play a much more critical role in economic development than commonly thought, a new report shows By John Tozzi Entrepreneurs are flocking to local food, [...]