Louisiana State Conservationist, Chad Kacir of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) /USDA announced today the CSP Classic state-wide application sign-up period for fiscal year 2022 has been extended.
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While speaking to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Cattle Industry Convention in Houston, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Undersecretary Robert Bonnie announced continued assistance for producers who have suffered loss from catastrophic disasters.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is conducting the Cash Rents and Leases survey starting on February 7, 2022.
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Tax season is just around the corner and there are a variety of important considerations for farmers and livestock producers. USDA has partnered with agriculture tax experts around the country to connect producers to important tax information related to their operations.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provided an update at the Cattle Industry Convention on forthcoming assistance for agricultural producers impacted by weather-related disasters in calendar years 2020 and 2021.
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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the Department is investing $1.4 billion to help a diverse rural America keep resources and wealth right at home through job training, business expansion and technical assistance.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for February 2022, which are effective Feb. 1.
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced plans to increase capacity at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California and improve service for shippers of U.S. grown agricultural commodities.
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Producers interested in enrolling acres in the Conservation Reserve Program should call ahead to their local USDA field office to begin sign ups starting Jan. 31 until March 11 for General CRP and April 4 until May 13 for the Grassland CRP.
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Producers interested in enrolling acres in the Conservation Reserve Program should call ahead to their local USDA field office to begin sign ups starting Jan. 31 until March 11 for General CRP and April 4 until May 13 for the Grassland CRP.
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The deadline to sign-up for the 2022 farm program is March 15 at local USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices throughout the United States. Beginning in 2021 and continuing through 2023, farm program choices (PLC, ARC-CO or ARC-IC) can be made on an annual basis for each crop in a given marketing year.
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Several U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) national program deadlines are approaching.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds ranchers and livestock producers that they may be eligible for financial assistance through the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) for 2021 grazing losses due to a qualifying drought or fire. The deadline to apply for 2021 LFP assistance is Jan. 31, 2022.
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Louisiana milk production during the October - December 2021 quarter was 27.0 million pounds, down 13 percent from the same period in 2020 but up 8 percent from the July - September quarter.
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American soil is becoming less and less American when it comes to ownership. Foreign companies are snapping up land across the country, including millions of acres of farmland.
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