Friday Is the Last Day to Schedule an Appointment with Your FSA Office to Compete in CRP General Signup

Albuquerque, NM, 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.

USDA Designates Five Iowa Counties 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.

Biden Administration Appoints Timothy Boring to Serve as State Executive Director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency in Michigan

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2021— The Biden Administration recently appointed Timothy Boring as the new State Executive Director (SED) for the USDA Michigan Farm Service Agency (FSA). Boring joined the Michigan FSA team on Oct. 11, 2021.

USDA Announces Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers in Freeborn and Sibley Counties Affected by Natural Disasters

Additional Contiguous Counties Eligible

Physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses. Examples of property commonly affected include essential farm buildings, fixtures to real estate, equipment, livestock, perennial crops, fruit and nut bearing trees, and harvested or stored crops and hay.