USDA Announces No Actions under Feedstock Flexibility Program
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WASHINGTON, March 29, 2019 – USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced today that it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2018, which runs from Oct. 1, 2018, to Sept. 30, 2019.
USDA Previews Crop and Revenue Loss Assistance for Agricultural Producers
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New Programs Will Provide Additional Pandemic and Natural Disaster Assistance for 2020 and 2021; Deadline Announced for Previous Emergency Relief
USDA Designates Three Connecticut Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
Release No. 0021.19
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Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties/Border States Also Available
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2022 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced plans for additional emergency relief and pandemic assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
USDA Invests in Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Effort in Denver
DENVER, Colo., Sept. 12, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing approximately $350,000 in a grant to the International Rescue Committee in Denver for its New Roots: Seeds of Change program. The project is funded through USDA’s Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) grant program, which last month announced $7.4 million in funding nationwide. The grant will enable the International Rescue Committee to work with refugee communities to promote urban agriculture in the Denver area.
USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for May 2019
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WASHINGTON, May 1, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation today announced interest rates for April 2019, which are effective May 1-May 31, 2019. The Commodity Credit Corporation borrowing rate-based charge for May is 2.375 percent, down from 2.500 percent in April.
USDA and Three Tribal Nations to Enter Historic Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Agreements to Support Working Lands Conservation
CREP Provides Critical Support to Landowners for Sound Conservation Practices