The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct its biannual Agricultural Labor Survey during in April.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for April 2022, which are effective April 1, 2022. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand their farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures or meet cash flow needs.
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The latest Louisiana Rice and Grains Stocks report was released from USDA’s Agricultural Statistics Service Thursday afternoon.
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The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that ranchers who have approved applications through the 2021 Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) for forage losses due to severe drought or wildfire in 2021 will soon begin receiving emergency relief payments for increases in supplemental feed costs in 2021 through the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) new Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP).
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In it’s latest prospective plantings report, USDA reports corn acreage in Louisiana this season will be down slightly while cotton acreage will be WAY up.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced the 2022 Marketing Assistance Loan rates.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced today that it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2021, which runs from Oct. 1, 2021, to Sept. 30, 2022.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting applications for an agricultural trade mission to the United Kingdom (U.K.) June 22-24, 2022.
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced plans for prepositioning containers of agricultural goods near port terminals to help improve service for shippers of U.S. grown agricultural commodities. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is partnering with Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) to enhance access to a 49-acre “pop up” site to accept either dry agricultural or refrigerated containers for temporary storage at NWSA in Seattle to reduce operational hurdles and costs, making it so they can more quickly be loaded on ships at the export terminals. The NWSA includes the marine cargo operations of the ports of Seattle and Tacoma and is the fourth-largest container gateway in the United States.
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The 2023 Farm Bill may seem it is a long way off but work on the bill is beginning to significantly pick up as farmer groups develop their own policies to take to Congress. The House Agriculture Committee has already started a deep dive into oversight of the 2018 Farm Bill, while the Senate remains silent so far on the direction it will go.
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A lifelong Louisianan, Deidre Deculus Robert resides on her family’s ranch in Glynn, Louisiana. Most recently, she served as the executive counsel for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.
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Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack as well as USDA Undersecretary Robert Bonnie both confirmed the agency is not looking to delay sign-ups or lower acres accepted for the Conservation Reserve Program due to the Ukraine-Russia situation.
Senate Agriculture ranking member John Boozman, R-Ark., previously sent a letter asking Vilsack to consider changes to CRP based on food shortage threats.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the deadlines to apply for the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding opportunity after requests from many stakeholders.
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U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) has secured $10 million in federal funding for the Louisiana-based U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Research Service Sugarcane Program. The funding will support the agricultural workforce and modernize sugarcane research to create efficiencies – yielding even greater results for one of Louisiana’s top agriculture products.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it is accepting grant applications for the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Technical Assistance Investment Program to provide historically underserved farmers, ranchers and forest landowners technical support in accessing USDA programs and services.
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