USDA Designates Two Florida Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
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Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties Also Available
USDA Announces Major Program Improvements, Progress, and Investments to Benefit American Farmers, Ranchers, and Producers
January 9, 2023 — Today, at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced several major developments at the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will benefit farmers, ranchers and producers across the nation.
USDA Offers Additional Assistance for Certain Producers Through Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
(Washington, D.C., January 15, 2021) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide additional assistance through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), expanding eligibility for some agricultural producers and commodities as well as updating payments to accurately compensate some producers who already applied for the program.
USDA Expands Eligibility, Enhances Benefits for Key Disaster Programs
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FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
Policy changes will help more producers recover from natural disasters
USDA and Dairy Farmers Work Together to Mitigate Risk for 2021
Agencies See Proactive Participation in Risk Management Programs
USDA Expands Eligibility, Enhances Benefits for Key Disaster Programs
Policy changes will help more producers recover from natural disasters
USDA Offers New Forest Management Incentive for Conservation Reserve Program
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making available $12 million for use in making payments to forest landowners with land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in exchange for their implementing healthy forest management practices. Existing CRP participants can now sign up for the Forest Management Incentive (FMI), which provides financial incentives to landowners with land in CRP to encourage proper tree thinning and other practices.
USDA Reminds Producers of Continuous Certification Option for Perennial Forage
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FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds agricultural producers with perennial forage crops of an option to report their acreage once, without having to report that acreage in subsequent years, as long as there are no applicable changes on the farm. Interested producers can select the continuous certification option after USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) certifies their acreage report.
USDA Offers New Forest Management Incentive for Conservation Reserve Program
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making available $12 million for use in making payments to forest landowners with land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in exchange for their implementing healthy forest management practices. Existing CRP participants can now sign up for the Forest Management Incentive (FMI), which provides financial incentives to landowners with land in CRP to encourage proper tree thinning and other practices.