The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an about face on Thursday with regard to how it will consider farmer applications for loans and programs, moving forward. Specifically, the agency ...

The USDA will reopen some 2,100 Farm Service Agency offices nationwide Oct. 23 to issue assistance checks to farmers, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said. The offices were closed by the ...

“I started as a customer of NRCS first,” says Aubrey Bettencourt, chief of the USDA agency that helps farmers and ranchers manage natural resources on private lands. As a third-generation California ...

WASHINGTON >> Farm loan employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency will now need approval from billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to issue loans ...

Limited farmer participation in surveys, declining agency purchasing power and staffing declines are among concerns raised by ...

Judith Puncochar prunes a tree on her farm outside of Saint Paul, Nebraska. Most of Puncochar's farm is enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, a federal land conservation initiative that she ...

RIPLEY -- Tippah County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, CED Blake McGaughy, reminds producers of the approaching June 1, 2012, deadline for FSA's Supplemental Revenue Assistance ...

Christy Seyfert, president and CEO of the Farm Credit Council, urges the House to pass “Farm Bill 2.0” this year, arguing it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HENDERSONVILLE - Even as farmers recover from record flooding sustained during Tropical Storm Helene, the Trump administration has ...

Five Michigan agricultural leaders have been appointed to the USDA Farm Service Agency state committee to oversee farm programs.

Producers are reminded that Tuesday is the final day to certify some forage crops and small grains for Farm Service Agency programs. To maintain program eligibility, producers should visit their local ...

A staffer for South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is now taking a key position for the state within the United States ...