Click on the link above for more information on FSA’s new Microloan Program.

Those Eligible Must File Claims No Later Than March 25, 2013.

Click on the link above to view the new acreage reporting deadlines starting with 2013 crops.

Filing an accurate and timely report for all crops and land uses, including prevented planting and failed acreage, can prevent loss of benefits for FSA programs. Each producer who expects to receive benefits under an FSA program is responsible for complying with every provision of that program, including:

Contact your local FSA office to schedule an appointment to report your acreage, for additional information about Acreage Reports, or for information regarding other FSA programs. Click on the County Office Locator (at left) to find your local office.

PEOPLE’S GARDEN AND FEDS FEED FAMILIES -A harvest bouquet from the Lancaster USDA Service Center’s People’s Garden. The Service Center also participated in the Feds Feed Families campaign this summer and donated over 97 pounds of fresh vegetables to their local Food Bank. Read more…

FOOD SAFE FAMILIES – America has one of the safest and most abundant food supplies in the world. But even in this country, too many people get sick from the food they eat.

By Steve Turaj, UNH Cooperative Extension

Coös County, July 2010

More melodramatic titles for this article were suggested by those contending with it. “Rattlers in the Short Grass”, “Vampires Hidden in the Hayfield”, “The Weed that Ate England”. Imaginations can run high when hiking about an infested field, one you’ve been counting on for a good harvest of baled hay.

Yellow or Hay Rattle is a member of the Scrophulariaceae Family, Genus Rhinanthus. My old copy of Gray’s Botany lists four different species being found in this region.

Click on the link above to read more of this article.

LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE AREA (LAA) CHANGES FOR ROCKINGHAM AND STRAFFORD COUNTIES – As a result of land use changes, new farmers and programs available, a realignment of Local Administrative Areas is needed. For more information, please click here.

TRACTOR ROLLOVER PROTECTION SYSTEMS PROGRAM (ROPS) LAUNCHED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE - For more information on this rebate program available to farmers for installing rollover protection on their tractors, please click here.

FEDS, FARMERS, AND FRIENDS FEED FAMILIES - USDA employees, farmers, and friends are joining together to combat hunger at USDA offices throughout the country; and the government’s goal is to collect 1.2 million pounds of food nationwide. Please click here to find out more about Fed, Farmers, and Friends Feed Families. Also, read some of our success stories:

NEW COUNTY OFFICE TRAINEE ATTENDS 25TH ANNUAL NORTH COUNTRY DAIRY SEMINAR & TRADE SHOW - Donna Juneau was recently hired as County Office Trainee (COT) with the New Hampshire Farm Service Agency. On March 17th, Donna and Coos-Carroll County Executive Director, Irene Schmidt, attended the 25th Annual North Country Dairy Seminar & Trade Show, held at the Cabot Motor Inn and Restaurant in Lancaster, NH. The seminar featured presentations by Dr. Carlos A. Risco from the University of Florida. His presentations included a review of "Postpartum Health Monitoring Strategies" and "Management of Calving Related Problems: Calving Management". Along with Donna and Irene, approximately 60 producers attended the event.

Prior to joining FSA, Donna worked for eighteen years as an environmental consultant. She has conducted environmental field investigations throughout New England and has assisted clients with environmental regulatory compliance. Donna is a native of New Hampshire and currently resides in Goffstown with her husband Armand and two sons.

By Linda L. Pearson, CED Rockingham-Strafford County FSA - Nestled in the hills of Strafford County, New Hampshire, New England Ovis, LLC, (NEO) is a Diversified Farm Operation which has the highest health of commercially available sheep in the United States, probably the world. Drs. Julie and Richard Hurley, both veterinarians, founded this unique operation in 2005 to prove that, with special management, a flock’s risk of disease could be controlled. Their motivation to develop a “specific pathogen free” or “SPF” sheep flock came from the need of the scientific research community to have a source of animals available where stress and disease was minimized. Click here to read more

FARM TOUR - 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. Click here to see a larger photo.

Please click here for more information about Jay.

Please click here for more information about the NH FSA State Committee

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