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Celebrating 25 Years of USDA’s Farm Storage Facility Loan ProgramSuccess Story
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…
Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates Counties in Virginia as Natural Disaster Areas due to Severe Winter Storms and Flooding with Assistance Available for Five Contiguous Counties in TennesseeEmergency Designation
This Presidential disaster declaration 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 as…
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,…
USDA Announces Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by Natural DisastersEmergency Designation
USDA Announces Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for …
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)…
Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates Counties in Kentucky as Natural Disaster Areas due to Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides with Assistance Available for Two Contiguous Counties in TennesseeEmergency Designation
Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates Counties in Kentucky as Natural Disaster Areas due to Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides with Assistance Available for Two Contiguous Counties in TennesseeThis Presidential disaster declaration allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service…
Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates Counties in Kentucky as Natural Disaster Areas due to Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides with Assistance Available for Two Contiguous Counties in TennesseeEmergency Designation
Stakeholder NotificationFederal Emergency Management Agency Designates Counties in Kentucky as Natural Disaster Areas due to Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides with Assistance Available for Two Contiguous Counties in TennesseeThis Presidential disaster declaration allows the United States Department of…
USDA Expediting $10 Billion in Direct Economic Assistance to Agricultural ProducersNews Release
WASHINGTON, March 18, 2025 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, on National Agriculture Day, announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing up to $10 billion directly to agricultural producers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) for the 2024 crop year. Administered by USDA’s Farm Service…
Loan Deficiency Payments Now Available for Cotton Producers in TennesseeNews Release
Nashville, TN March 13, 2025 – Cotton producers in Tennessee may be eligible for Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA). LDPs are payments made to producers who, although eligible to obtain a Marketing Assistance…