USDA to Provide Additional Direct Assistance to Farmers and Ranchers Impacted by the Coronavirus
Expansion of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Begins Sept. 21
USDA Announces Loan Rates for 2022-Crop Peanuts
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FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced 2022-crop loan rates for four types of peanuts. The rates take effect Aug. 1, 2022, which is the beginning of the peanut crop year.
USDA and FarmRaise Launch Additional Online Disaster Assistance Decision Tool for Livestock, Honey Bee and Farm-Raised Fish Producers
Partnership further expands online library of disaster assistance and farm loan program reference resources and decision aids
USDA Offers Farm Loans for Farmers Facing Covid-19 Related Challenges
MADISON, Wis., May 8, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers that FSA offers farm ownership and farm operating loans to agricultural producers who may not find success obtaining loans from their traditional financial institutions because of COVID-19. Farmers who cannot obtain commercial credit from a bank can apply for FSA direct or guaranteed loans.
SDA Accepts More than 3.1 Million Acres in Grassland CRP Signup
PALMER, Alaska, July 12, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting offers for more than 3.1 million acres from agricultural producers and private landowners through this year’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grassland Signup, the highest in history.
Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates Eight Iowa Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Due to Severe Storms and Tornadoes
This Presidential disaster declaration allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation, or to refinance certain debts.
2020 Farm Service Agency County Committee Elections Underway
Contact: FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
Ballots Have Been Mailed to Eligible Voters
USDA Designates Waller County, Texas, as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation or the refinance of certain debts.
USDA Reminds Pennsylvania Producers to File Crop Acreage Reports
(HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania), June 11, 2024 – Agricultural producers in Pennsylvania should make an appointment with their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office to complete crop acreage reports before the applicable deadline after planting is complete.
Friday Is the Last Day to Schedule an Appointment with Your FSA Office to Compete in CRP General Signup
MADISON, Wis., February 25, 2020 – Agricultural producers and private landowners interested in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 2020 general signup must make an offer of acres or schedule an appointment to do so with their local U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) service center by Friday, February 28.