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USDA Boosts Pennsylvania Agricultural Economy Through $78 Million in Safety Net and Conservation Program PaymentsNews Release
(Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19, 2026) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) is delivering approximately $78.1 million in farm safety net and conservation program payments to Pennsylvania farmers, ranchers and landowners. USDA recently announced nationwide historic safety net assistance totaling $13.8…
USDA Announces $1.8 Billion in 2026 Conservation Program PaymentsNews Release
(Washington, D.C., October 8, 2026) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today it is issuing approximately $1.8 billion in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) payments to agricultural producers and landowners for their participation in key conservation programs for 2026. These payments include Grassland CRP payments that play an…
USDA Announces Record Payments of $13.8 Billion for 2025 Crop Year Revenue and Price Safety Net Programs News Release
(WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 7, 2026) — Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced that the Farm Service Agency’s Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) will generate approximately $13.8 billion in gross payments to eligible agricultural producers for the 2025 crop year; the largest annual payout by far…
USDA Announces 2027 Dairy Margin Coverage EnrollmentNews Release
(WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 30, 2026) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that dairy producers starting next Monday can enroll for 2027 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC), a voluntary risk management program that was recently strengthened by the Working Families Tax Cuts Act with greater risk protection for dairy producers. DMC…
USDA Designates 8 Maryland Counties as Natural Disaster Areas and 3 Pennsylvania Counties as Contiguous CountiesEmergency Designation
USDA Designates 8 Maryland Counties as Natural Disaster Areas and 3 Pennsylvania Counties as Contiguous CountiesThis 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…
USDA Designates 8 New Jersey Counties as Natural Disaster Areas and 3 Pennsylvania Counties as Contiguous CountiesEmergency Designation
USDA Designates 8 New Jersey Counties as Natural Disaster Areas and 3 Pennsylvania Counties as Contiguous CountiesThis 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…
USDA Designates 3 Delaware Counties as Natural Disaster Areas and 2 Pennsylvania Counties as Contiguous CountiesEmergency Designation
USDA Designates 3 Delaware Counties as Natural Disaster Areas and 2 Pennsylvania Counties as Contiguous Counties 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…
USDA Designates 5 Pennsylvania Counties as Natural Disaster Areas and 9 Pennsylvania Counties as Contiguous CountiesEmergency Designation
USDA Designates 5 Pennsylvania Counties as Natural Disaster Areas and 9 Pennsylvania Counties as Contiguous Counties 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…
USDA Announces 2026 and 2027 Enrollment for Key Price and Revenue Safety Net Programs, Completes First Base Acre Increase in Two Decades News Release
(WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 15, 2026) – Agricultural producers can soon begin enrolling in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently updated to include more than 30 million new base acres. This expansion, the first in 20 years, was made possible by the Working…
USDA Designates 11 New Jersey Counties as Natural Disaster Areas for DroughtNews Release
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…