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CORONAVIRUS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NOW AVAILABLE FOR FARMERS THROUGH USDA

Agricultural producers can now apply for USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which provides direct payments to offset impacts from the coronavirus pandemic. The application and a payment calculator are now available online, and USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) staff members are available via phone, fax and online tools to help producers complete applications. The […]

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USDA’S NEW CRP PILOT PROGRAM OFFERS LONGER-TERM CONSERVATION BENEFITS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will open signup this summer for CLEAR30, a new pilot program that offers farmers and landowners an opportunity to enroll in a 30-year Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contract. This pilot is available to farmers and landowners with expiring water-quality practice CRP contracts in the Great Lakes

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USDA CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM GRASSLANDS TO OPEN FOR SIGNUP MARCH 16

Farmers and ranchers may apply to enroll grasslands in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands signup beginning March 16. The signup runs through May 15.  “Through this CRP Grasslands signup, farmers and ranchers can protect grasslands, rangelands, and pastures, while maintaining the land as working grazing lands,” said State Executive Director Joe Martin. “The program

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PRODUCERS REMINDED THE DEADLINE TO SIGNUP FOR MARKET FACILITATION PROGRAM IS FRIDAY

USDA today reminded producers in Minnesota that the nationwide deadline to sign up for the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) is Dec. 6, 2019. MFP payments are aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation by foreign nations. “Farmers have had a tough year due to unfair trade retaliation and natural disasters,

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GOVERNOR WALZ HOSTS ROUNDTABLE TO DISCUSS AGRICULTURE CONCERNS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA

Governor Tim Walz visited East Grand Forks on Tuesday to meet with local growers about the widespread economic concerns regarding the harvesting and transportation of crops that have been affected by the recent weather.  Walz was joined by at the table by State Senators Mark Johnson and Kent Eken, State Representatives Deb Kiel and Dan

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