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a 3-day farmers market educational event held at the Circus Maximus, which on our last trip, Bruce Springsteen was using as his concert hall. (We were able to hear the sound check and see the crowds build for that event because the WFMC events were nearby at the gorgeous Circo Massimo f...
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the second tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation … Read More Market Facilitation Program (MFP)USDA USDA Reduces Cotton Expectations October 24, ...
The processing of escrow payments to AIPs takes place in the RMA's Kansas City office. Most of those functions can be done via telework. USDA also has assurances that functions can be shifted to other regional offices in order to perform those tasks if the occasion arises. ...
(USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced it will authorize Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) to extend deadlines for premium and administrative fee payments, defer the resulting interest accrual and allow other flexibilities to help farmers, ranchers, and insurance providers due to the ...
He also argued the funding for distressed borrowers was unmerited, saying USDA was looking at giving the money to farmers who had been forced to dip into retirement accounts or take similar steps to make loan payments. Democrats roundly criticized the bill's reduction in funding for...
These cost-sharing payments are anticipated to cover 75% of eligible expenses for most farmers and ranchers. Additionally, those who are designated as underserved producers — which USDA program documents define as “beginning, limited resource, socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers” ...
The American Farm Bureau Federation thanked USDA for responding to the letter from the farm groups. “COVID-19 has taken its toll on farmers across the country, regardless of what they grow or raise,” said Zippy Duvall, president of AFBF. “No one can tell when this pandemic will end, ...
Conservation Incentive Contracts offer producers annual incentive payments to implement management practices as well as conservation evaluation and monitoring activities to help manage, maintain and improve priority natural resource concerns within state high-priority areas and build on existing conservation effo...