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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced a new pilot program that enables farmers in the Prairie Pothole region to receive payments for planting cover crops on their land for three to five years. The new Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Soil Health and Income Protection Program (SHIPP) pilot is available to […]
Today, Thursday, November 7, Governor Tim Walz sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting a Secretarial Disaster Designation be issued for several Minnesota counties so that farmers could access federal programs to help recover from recent weather events and losses. “In recent years, farmers in the Midwest have faced numerous
On Tuesday more than 90 local farmers, advocates, agricultural business reps and providers attended a meeting with U.S. Representative Collin Peterson at the Crookston Inn to update the representative about how a wet fall has hindered and, in some cases, shut down the harvest. Peterson told those gathered he wanted the most up-to-date information about
The Crookston Development and Policy Review Committee was scheduled to meet on Wednesday to discuss the work plan required as part of the application to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for Intermediary Relending Program (IRP) funds. However, as the meeting was scheduled to start, they did not have a quorum and were unable to find
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the deadline to file crop acreage reports for agricultural producers in Minnesota impacted by flooding and heavy moisture. The new July 22 deadline applies to reporting spring-seeded crops to USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) county offices and federal crop insurance agents. “Agriculture operations throughout the state have
Minnesota agricultural producers who lost property due to recent natural disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) physical loss loans. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) offers these low-interest loans to agricultural producers in Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Dodge, Freeborn, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Mahnomen, Martin, Meeker, Mower, Murray, Olmsted, Polk, Pope, Redwood, Renville,
