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USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Agricultural Producers Impacted by Recent Storms
Insurance Journal· 3 days agoThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is responding to the agricultural devastation caused by...
House agriculture committee passes bill to support rural hospitals, awaits full House vote
KVII 7 Amarillo· 3 days agoA bill drafted and written in May by the US House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture,...
US Farmers Opt for Soy to Limit Losses as All Crop Prices Slump
US News & World Report· 3 days agoMark Tuttle planted more soy and less corn on his northern Illinois farm this spring as prices for both crops hover near three-year lows and soybeans' lower production costs ...
Brazil unveils $4 million supercow, twice as meaty as others of her breed
CBS News· 3 days agoBrazil has hundreds of millions of cows, but one in particular is extraordinary. Along a highway...
GVEA eyes federal USDA loan program for projects
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner· 5 days agoThe board adopted the plan in 2022, including a decision to close down Healy Power Plant Unit 2 by the end of 2024, secure a major wind energy agreement,...
AFBF: America’s farmers counting on farm bill passage
KFGO· 2 days agoAmerica's farmers and ranchers are counting on Congress to pass a new, modernized farm bill. That was the mess...
Proposed bill would create a loan program for new farmers in New Jersey
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoTRENTON, N.J. (PIX11) — Some lawmakers are sewing seeds they hope will yield more farmers to combat...
‘Not enough beds’ A look at the farmworker housing crisis in eastern Washington
Idaho Statesman McClatchy via AOL· 4 days ago“If we can’t get affordable housing and if we can’t keep H-2A labor costs in check, both of those...
Local farmer’s produce helps fill San Diego food bank: the power of a juicy radish
KPBS San Diego· 4 days agoOn a Tuesday morning in May, Byron Nkhoma pulls a radish from the soil. The radish is juicy, crunchy and spicy — full of flavor often missing from its grocery store kin. Nkhoma takes pride in ...
Marty Travis: Recognizing the power of a local food system
Quad-City Times· 2 days agoThis support is a turnaround for rural farm communities like mine and life-changing for people living in urban and rural food deserts. At the same time, the IL-EATS program ...
