June 30 Last Day to Complete Enrollment for 2020 Agriculture Risk Coverage, Price Loss Coverage Programs
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Call Today About 2020 Crop Year Eligibility
USDA Provides Additional Pandemic Assistance to Hog Producers
Farm Service Agency Will Begin Taking Applications on Dec. 15
USDA Rallies Partners to Help with Outreach to Beginning, Veteran and Socially Disadvantaged Producers in Missouri on the Conservation Reserve Program-Transition Incentives Program
COLUMBIA, MO, Feb. 15, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing almost $1.8 million in cooperative agreements with six partner organizations for outreach and technical assistance to promote awareness and understanding of the Conservation Reserve Program-Transition Incentives Program among agricultural communities. This includes a partnership with Trustees of Indiana University that focuses on Missouri producers.
Michigan Dairy Producers to Receive Additional $6.18 Million After Update to Dairy Margin Coverage Program
EAST LANSING, Mich., Dec. 14, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin issuing additional payments this week for dairy producers who enrolled in 2020 and 2021 coverage through the Dairy Margin Coverage Program (DMC). USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) updated the feed cost calculation by using 100% premium alfalfa hay rather than 50% premium hay in determining the monthly margin, which means an additional $6.18 million for dairy producers in Michigan. Payments will be retroactive to Jan. 1, 2020.
Agricultural Producers Have Until March 15 to Enroll in USDA’s Key Commodity Safety Net Programs for the 2024 Crop Year
Ohio Enrollment Currently At 59% of Expected Contracts
USDA Announces Loan Maturity for Marketing Assistance Loans Now Extended to 12 Months
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Provides Producers with Marketing Flexibilities Amid COVID-19 Uncertainties
USDA Provides Additional Pandemic Assistance to Hog Producers
MADISON, Dec. 15, 2021— The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a new program to assist hog producers who sold hogs through a negotiated sale during the period in which these producers faced the greatest reduction in market prices due to the COVID-19 pandemic.