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  1. USDA to Open Signup for Conservation Reserve Program on December 9

    Thu Dec 5, 2019 01:35 PM

    WASHINGTON, D.C., December 5, 2019 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture is opening signup for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) on December 9, 2019. The deadline for agricultural producers to sign up for general CRP is February 28, 2020, while signup for continuous CRP is ongoing.

  2. USDA Offers Targeted Farm Loan Funding for Underserved Groups and Beginning Farmers

    Tue Nov 19, 2019 03:27 PM

    (Bangor, ME), November 18, 2019 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Maine Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director SED David R. Lavway reminds producers that FSA offers specially targeted farm ownership and farm operating loans to underserved applicants as well as beginning farmers and ranchers.

  3. USDA Issues Second Tranche of Market Facilitation Program

    Fri Nov 15, 2019 02:28 PM

    (Washington, D.C., November 15, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the second tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation by foreign nations. The payments will begin the week before Thanksgiving. Producers of MFP-eligible commodities will now be eligible to receive 25% of the total payment expected, in addition to the 50% they have already received from the 2019 MFP.

  4. Voting Begins for 2019 Farm Service Agency County Committee Elections

    Mon Oct 28, 2019 01:48 PM

    WASHINGTON, October 28, 2019 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin mailing ballots on November 4 to eligible farmers and ranchers across the country for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections.

  5. USDA Issues Safety-Net and Conservation Payments to Maine Farmers

    Tue Oct 22, 2019 01:45 PM

    (Bangor, ME) -- Oct. 22, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Maine is processing $229,613 in Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) payments for the 2018 crop year. Additionally, Maine FSA will distribute $262,265 in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) rental payments to landowners to support voluntary conservation efforts on private lands.