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USDA Designates 2 Pennsylvania Counties as Natural Disaster Areas for Excessive Heat and DroughtEmergency Designation
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…
USDA Designates Columbia County, Pennsylvania as Natural Disaster Area for DroughtEmergency Designation
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…
USDA Designates York County, Pennsylvania as Natural Disaster Area for Excessive Heat and DroughtEmergency Designation
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…
Using the Farm Storage Facility Loan Program to Expand On-Farm StorageSuccess Story
For a quarter century, family-owned agricultural operations have received low-interest financing through USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) Farm Storage Facility Loan Program (FSFL) to enhance their operations through on-farm storage solutions. Milton Arnett in Green County, Kentucky, has leveraged FSA’s farm storage program to expand his…
USDA Designates Allegany County Maryland as Natural Disaster Area due to Flooding, Excessive Rain and Flash Flooding - 3 Contiguous Pennsylvania Counties Also Eligible for Assistance Emergency Designation
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…
Producers and Landowners Can Now Enroll in USDA's Grassland Conservation Reserve Program News Release
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can now enroll in the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program (Grassland CRP). The sign-up runs from today, July 14, to Aug. 8, 2025. Grassland CRP, offered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), is a voluntary…
Trump Administration Announces Expedited Congressionally Mandated Disaster Assistance for FarmersNews Release
En Espanol - Washington, D.C., July 9, 2025 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today that agricultural producers who suffered eligible crop losses due to natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 can now apply for $16 billion in assistance through the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP).To expedite the…
La administración Trump anuncia la agilización de la asistencia por desastres para agricultores, conforme al mandato del CongresoNews Release
English - Washington, DC, 9 de julio de 2025. La secretaria de agricultura de los Estados Unidos, Brooke L. Rollins, anunció hoy que los productores agrícolas que sufrieron pérdidas de cultivos elegibles debido a desastres naturales en 2023 y 2024 ya pueden solicitar $16 mil millones en asistencia a través del Programa…
Nominations Now Open for Farmers and Ranchers to Serve on USDA Farm Service Agency County CommitteesNews Release
WASHINGTON, June 16, 2025 – Nominations are now being accepted for farmers and ranchers to serve on local U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees. These committees make important decisions about how federal farm programs are administered locally. All nomination forms for the 2025 election must be…
USDA Extends Emergency Conservation and Emergency Forest Restoration Assistance Deadline for Hurricane Recovery in PennsylvaniaNews Release
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 12, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Pennsylvania extended the deadline for two critical hurricane recovery programs. The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) provides cost-share and technical assistance to producers to restore farmland to pre-disaster conditions and the…