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Hemp Crop Insurance Available in 2020

The 2018 Farm Bill reclassified and legalized industrial hemp production. Hemp growers will be eligible for many USDA programs once policies are in place.

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Prevented or Delayed Planting

Did heavy rainfall, flooding, or other weather events prevent or delay planting on your farm? USDA provides resources to help.

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Did you recently suffer loss or damage due to a natural disaster? Learn about USDA disaster assistance programs that might be right for you by completing five simple steps.

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Do you need seasonal or temporary workers for planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops but domestic workers are in short supply? Answer a few short questions to create your personalized H-2A visa checklist.

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The 2018 Farm Bill, enacted December 20, 2018, builds upon many of the crucial programs that serve America’s farmers, ranchers, and land stewards.

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12 Gifts of Conservation

Conservation gives many gifts – both to farmers and the rest of the world. Each breath of air, sip of water, and bite of food you will ever take ...

Working Hard for Healthy and Fire-Safe Forestland

This Friday meet Pat and Judy McKelvey, timber producers in Jefferson County, Montana. When the couple purchased 100 acres of timbered hills, they s...

Thanksgiving on the Palouse

This Friday meet Allen and Emmy Widman, of Palouse Pasture Poultry in Rosalia, Washington. They raise annual grain crops, manage a chicken layer flo...

Gobbles and Good Soil

This Friday meet Jarrod and Amy Burris of Loogootee, Indiana. The core of their diversified farming operation is raising the star of most Thanksgivi...

America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest land manager.

Thanks to #OurFarmers for Voluntary Conservation

In this season of giving thanks, we are grateful to our most important partners in implementing conservation: #OurFarmers. NRCS is about supporting ...

Farming for the Future

The Prevo brothers, a fifth-generation farm family in Iowa, are investing in soil health and seeing record yields because of it. USDA, Esri, and Liv...

Image of a stover of remaining corn stalk stubs, leaves, and cobs that are expelled and and left behind a corn harvester becomes a cover crop.

6 Tips for Switching to No-Till

No-till is one of the most popular and effective conservation practices but making the switch from tilling to not can be intimidating. No-till allows ...

Enhancing an Operation with Cover Crops

This Friday meet Bo Fox, of Monona County, Iowa, who is working with USDA to efficiently graze his 100-head cow and calf herd and help improve soil ...

Veteran Returns to Farming Roots

This Friday meet Bill Renfroe, an Air Force veteran in Lovelock, Nevada, who can now add “beginning farmer” to his resume. While Bill had initially ...

Rantz has been a county committee member in Gilchrist County for six years

Ready, Set, Vote in Your FSA County Committee Election!

The race is on! It’s time once again for USDA’s Farm Service Agency county committee elections. Now is the time to choose farmers, ranchers, and fores...

Advance Payment Helps Extend the Season

This Friday meet Alisha Utter and Kyle Bowley, of Arbor Farmstead in Grand Isle, Vermont. The seven-acre veganic farm grows diversified perennial fr...

Transitions and Traditions on a Century-Old Farm

This Friday meet David and Gail Hodge, owners and operators of Hodge Farms in Newberry, Florida. Established in 1919, the operation has transitioned...

Karen Washington, an urban farmer in New York City who founded the Garden of Happiness and community farmers market, La Familia Verde Community Garden Coalition.

A High Tunnel for the Garden of Happiness

This Friday meet Karen Washington, an urban farmer in New York City who founded the Garden of Happiness and a community farmers market, La Familia...

Jason Berlowitz, a cattle rancher from Cushing, Oklahoma going over his plan.

Rehabilitating the Ranch

This Friday meet Jason Berlowitz, a cattle rancher from Cushing, Oklahoma. Surrounded by the Cimarron River, his 1,800-acre operation was severely...

Homestead Healing

This week meet Mollie and Tobin Krell, co-directors of Homestead 1839 in West Burlington, Iowa. Through farming projects, the non-profit works to ...