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Dairy Producers in Oklahoma Reminded to Obtain 2025 Dairy Margin Coverage by March 31
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STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA, MARCH 19, 2025– The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is encouraging dairy producers to enroll in Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC), an important safety net program that helps offset milk and feed price differences. This year’s DMC signup began Jan. 29 and the deadline to enroll is March 31, 2025. “We encourage…
USDA Expediting $10 Billion in Direct Economic Assistance to Agricultural Producers
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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…
USDA Expediting $10 Billion in Direct Economic Assistance to Agricultural Producers
News 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…
USDA Announces Availability of Low-Interest Emergency Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides in Six Illinois Counties
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Low-interest emergency physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses.  Examples of property commonly affected…
Two Illinois counties affected by Quarantine Designation for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)
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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 physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (…