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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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Discover USDA Farm Loans

Learn about USDA loan options that might be right for you by answering a few short questions in our Farm Loan Discovery Tool.

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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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Discover Disaster Assistance Programs

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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Create Your H-2A Visa Checklist

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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Learn About the 2018 Farm Bill

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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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 ...

replanting with longleaf pine, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and Farm Service Agency have programs that can help finance your reforestation.

Support for Reforestation after Hurricanes

When Hurricane Michael struck the central panhandle of Florida last year, 95 percent of 2.8 million acres of forestland was destroyed, according to th...

From the Ground Up

This week meet John Shepherd, a farmer from Blackstone, Virginia. John began grain farming during his last year of college. After graduating, he wor...

Finding Farmland: Resources to Support Land Access

Photo Credit: Richie Graham Photography, Row by Rowe Organic Farm, Georgia For farmers across the country, it will come as no surprise that farmlan...

Farming is Poetry for Retired Marine

This week, meet Fredie Manes, retired Marine and self-proclaimed “market gardener.” Life after the military led Fredie and his wife, Patti, back to ...

Growing a Farm with Great Taste

This week meet Caleb and Janet Phillips, of Show-Me Kansas Farms in Cherryvale, Kansas. This family’s farm is part of a larger multi-generational fami...

The Sunderland Seven

Meet Bob, Nancy, Brittany, Abigail, Vanessa, Laila, and Beau. Farmers Bob and Nancy, and their five kids, make up the Sunderland family. This dairy op...

Farming equipment on a beautiful large field

Banking on Soil Health

Farmers implementing conservation practices that improve soil health aren't just hoping for better crop yields, they’re banking on them. The Natural R...

Passion for Plants Paves the Way

Meet Liz Graznak, owner and operator of Happy Hollow Farm in rural Moniteau County, Missouri. Her priorities are to run an organic, sustainable, and c...

Russ Studebaker props against a truck and cuts into a peach.

Life is a Peach

Meet Russ Studebaker, owner of Studebaker Farms in Fredericksburg, Texas. Russ' peaches have grown even sweeter with the help of conservation practi...

Golden-winged warbler male (left), and greater sage-grouse male (right). Photos by Laura Erickson and Conservation Media.

Birds of a Feather on Working Lands

What does a football-sized upland bird that struts around western sagebrush country have in common with a graceful finger-sized songbird that migrates...

New Farmers.gov Feature Connects Farmers with Farm Loans that Fit Their Operation

USDA’s Farm Service Agency has launched a new tool on farmers.gov, USDA’s self-service website for farmers, to help farmers and ranchers find informat...

Bee-ing Better for Pollinators

Pollinators and their habitats are an integral part of agricultural landscapes and, recognizing recent pollinator population declines, producers acros...

#OurFarmers Roadtrip

Summer is here! Ready to get back on the road? We’re kicking off the 2019 #OurFarmers Roadtrip! Put down the windows, turn up the radio, and join u...