USDA’s Farm Service Agency will offer certain producers the opportunity to modify and extend their Conservation Reserve Program contracts that are scheduled to expire at the end of the government’s fiscal year (Sept. 30)....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
House and Senate conferees made no changes in the funding for the 2008 farm bill’s direct payments or export market promotion programs when they agreed on a concurrent budget resolution for fiscal year 2010 Wednesday (April 29)....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
John Maguire says the money spent on farm bill programs is, by most any measure, a good deal for the American people as well as the U.S. economy and says the National Cotton Council will continue to urge Congress and the Obama Administration to implement the 2008 law as it was intended....
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that producers can elect and enroll in the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program beginning April 27, 2009. ...
Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer said two bills passed in this year’s state legislative session will strengthen Kentucky’s Grain Insurance Fund and enable the state to continue providing certain agricultural services....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The chances the Obama administration — and some Midwest, farm-state senators — will be able to impose new limits on spending on farm programs appear to be growing dimmer for the 2010 fiscal year....
While visiting farmers in Lathrop, Mo., on April 6, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is making more than $17 million in grants available under the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers can expect to see some changes if they decide to place their crops in the Commodity Credit Corp. marketing assistance loan or request loan deficiency payments on covered commodities beginning with the 2009 crop year....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Scan agricultural Web sites and it’s quickly apparent the new farm bill’s ACRE (Average Crop Revenue Election) program has not received a multitude of positive reviews....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that the rule terminating base acres on federal land has been rescinded. ...
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