New Hampshire State FSA Office

J C Cleveland Federal Building

53 Pleasant St, Room 1601

Concord, NH 03301

Phone: 603-224-7941

Fax: 603-225-1410

On August 25th, 2009, at the invitation of Ray Burton, Governor's Council and Lorraine Merrill, Commissioner of NH Department of Agriculture, Markets & Foods, Jay Phinizy, SED, Linda Grames, AO / PS, and Kathleen Dole CED for Belknap/Hillsborough/Merrimack Counties, participated in a tour of four agricultural enterprises: Moulton's Farm Stand, Meredith; Stone Gate Vineyard, Gilford; Sanborn's Dairy Farm, Gilmanton; and Taylor-Brown Wild Blueberry Farm, Alton. These four businesses represent diversity typical of New Hampshire agriculture.

On July 6th, 2009 U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack stopped in NH as part of his Rural Tour. Secretary Vilsack attended two meetings including the one pictured here at Carter Hill Orchard, to listen and discuss the needs of New Hampshire's agricultural producers and the dairy industry.

NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS RELEASE: USDA Designates Entire State of New Hampshire as a Primary Natural Disaster Area. (September 11, 2009) The U.S. Department of Agriculture designated all 10 counties in New Hampshire as a primary natural disaster area because of losses caused by excessive rain and moisture, and weather-related plant disease that occurred during the period of June 1, 2009, and continuing. Read more...

NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS RELEASE: USDA's Farm Service Agency to Begin Accepting Applications for New Biomass Crop Assistance Program. (September 14, 2009) New Hampshire State Executive Director for the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA), Jay Phinizy, announced that biomass conversion facilities (BCF) may begin to apply for qualification under the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). This allows producers or owners of eligible material who sell to these facilities to apply for matching payments under the collection, harvest, storage and transportation (CHST) component of BCAP. Read more...

NEWS RELEASE: Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Establishes Dairy Advisory Committee and Requests Nominations - Advisory Committee Will Review Key Issues Impacting Dairy Industry and Generate Additional Ideas about How USDA Can Help Struggling Producers (Aug 25, 2009)

NEWS RELEASE: USDA Implements Farm Storage Facility Loan Program (Aug 17, 2009) - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that changes to the Farm Storage Facility Loan (FSFL) program have been implemented in accordance with the 2008 Farm Bill...