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USDA Funds Community Risk Management Education through Innovative Agreements

October 29, 2010 // 0 Comments

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces $9.6 Million in Partnership Agreements to Help Small and Underserved Producers WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom [...]

Farming Articles: Estate Planning, Biomass Rule, Grain Harvest

October 28, 2010 // 0 Comments

– Succession Planning Important Despite Federal Estate Tax Law’s Status (DTN Progressive Farmer) Although the federal estate tax law remains in congressional [...]

A Few Articles About Starting Farms

October 25, 2010 // 0 Comments

Here are a few articles about starting farms, all from different perspectives and with different focuses, but they are each valuable in their own way. Starting a farm part 1: [...]

Conflicts of Interest Mar Food Producers’ Independent Inspections

October 25, 2010 // 0 Comments

Read the full article HERE Lena H. Sun, Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, October 22, 2010 The voluntary quality control system widely used in the nation’s $1 [...]

Policy Updates from National Sustainable Ag Coalition

October 25, 2010 // 0 Comments

FROM NSAC 10/22/10 Vilsack Responds to Letter from Representatives on GIPSA Rule: On October 1, 115 House members submitted a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack [...]

How Biochar Might Help the Environment and Boost Ag Production

October 20, 2010 // 0 Comments

Win-win solutions can be hard to come by. But if Cornell University soil scientist Johannes Lehmann is right, there may be a way to lower our emission of heat-trapping [...]

USDA Farm Service Agency Releases Report from 39th CRP Signup

October 20, 2010 // 0 Comments

USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) held a general signup in August 2010 for its Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). On October 8, FSA released a report detailing the [...]

Webinar on Rules to Curb Consolidation in Meat Industry

October 20, 2010 // 0 Comments

On Thursday, October 14, the National Agricultural Law Center (NALC) hosted a webinar from 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. EST on the rules proposed by USDA’s Grain Inspection Packers [...]

Iowa Renewable Energy Loan & Grant Recipients Announced

October 20, 2010 // 0 Comments

USDA Announces IOWA REAP Recipients USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $32 million in loans and grants for 433 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Iowa [...]

Beginning Farmer Grants Advance Goal of 100,000 New Farmers

October 18, 2010 // 2 Comments

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Press Release: October 18, 2010 Contact: Ferd Hoefner, 202-547-5754 (To View the USDA Press Release Click HERE) Washington, D.C. [...]