USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is celebrating 25 years of the agency’s popular Farm Storage Facility Loan Program (FSFL) this month. For a quarter century, family-owned agricultural operations have received low-interest financing through the program to enhance or expand their operations and manage marketing of the commodities they produce by…
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USDA to Open General and Continuous Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment for 2025News Release
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced several Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) enrollment opportunities for agricultural producers and landowners. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting offers for both the General and Continuous CRP beginning today through June 6, 2025. CRP,…
Administrator’s Physical Loss Notifications N1819News Release
Administrator’s Physical Loss Notifications N1819On April 28, 2025, Farm Service Agency Administrator, William L. Beam, signed an Administrator’s Physical Loss Notification due to the excessive rain, flash flooding, flooding, hail, high winds, lightning, and tornadoes that affected several counties in Arkansas from March 14, 2025, through…
Administrator’s Physical Loss Notifications N1817News Release
Administrator’s Physical Loss Notification N1817On April 21, 2025, Farm Service Agency Administrator, William L. Beam, signed an Administrator’s Physical Loss Notification due to the excessive snow, freeze, and ice that affected Boone and Newton County from January 18, 2025, through January 21, 2025.Administrator’s Physical Loss Notification…
Administrator’s Physical Loss Notifications N1820News Release
Administrator’s Physical Loss Notifications N1820On April 28, 2025, Farm Service Agency Administrator, William L. Beam, signed an Administrator’s Physical Loss Notification due to the excessive rain, flash flooding, flooding, hail, high winds, lightning, and tornadoes that affected several counties in Arkansas from March 30, 2025, and continuing.…
Administrator’s Physical Loss Notifications N1818News Release
Administrator’s Physical Loss Notifications N1818On April 21, 2025, Farm Service Agency Administrator, William L. Beam, signed an Administrator’s Physical Loss Notification due to the excessive snow, freeze, frost, high winds, and ice that affected Boone, Newton, and White County from February 17, 2025, through February 21, 2025.Administrator’s…
USDA to Issue $1.3 Billion to Specialty Crop Producers Through Second Marketing Assistance Program PaymentNews Release
College Station, T.X., April 29, 2025 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced a second round of payments coming this week for specialty crop producers through the Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program, providing up to $1.3 billion in additional program assistance. U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)…
USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Agricultural Producers in Arkansas Impacted by Recent Severe Weather and TornadoesNews Release
USDA Offers Disaster Assistance to Agricultural Producers in Arkansas Impacted by Recent Severe Weather and TornadoesLITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 2, 2025 – Agricultural operations in Arkansas have been significantly impacted by recent severe weather and tornadoes. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has technical and financial assistance…
USDA Reminds Agricultural Producers to Enroll in Key Safety Net Programs News Release
Agricultural Producers Have Until April 15 to Enroll in USDA’s Key Commodity Safety Net Programs for the 2025 Crop Year …
Secretarial Disaster Designation S5941Emergency Designation
Secretarial Disaster Designation S5941On March 25, 2025, the Secretary of Agriculture approved a Secretarial Disaster Designation for fourteen Counties in Arkansas, due to drought that occurred from November 1, 2024, and continuing. The counties affected are…