USDA to Provide Pandemic Assistance to Livestock Producers for Animal Losses
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FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov
Farm Service Agency Will Begin Taking Applications for Indemnity Program July 20
USDA Establishes New Farm Service Agency Urban County Committees in Columbia, SC
COLUMBIA, S.C., July 25, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is establishing a new urban county committee in Columbia, SC, joining 26 other cities with a committee focused on delivery of USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) programs to urban producers. County committee members make important decisions on how federal farm programs are administered locally, and this new urban county committee in Columbia is part of USDA’s broad support for urban and innovative agriculture.
Deadline Fast Approaching for Conservation Reserve Program General Signup
EAST LANSING, Mich., July 19, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Michigan is reminding producers and landowners that the signup deadline for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) current general signup is fast approaching. Eligible producers must submit their offers by July 23, 2021.
USDA Announces Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers
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Farm Service Agency Will Begin Accepting Applications On July 22
SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans Available to Montana Small Businesses
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Small nonfarm businesses in 10 Montana counties and neighboring counties in Idaho are now eligible to apply for low‑interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Tanya N. Garfield of SBA’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the following primary counties that began June 1.
Primary Montana counties: Flathead and Lincoln;