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USDA Designates 18 Iowa Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas   Emergency Loans, Increased Flexibilities, and Other Disaster Assistance Programs Available   Radcliffe, Iowa, Sept. 3, 2020 —...

USDA Extends Free Meals for Kids Through December 31, 2020    Summer meal programs can continue operating as funding allows   (Washington, DC, August 31, 2020) – Today,...

  Trump Administration Invests $9 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Virginia   USDA ReConnect Funding to Connect 3,005 Households in Scott County to High-Speed Broadband   GATE CITY,...

USDA Implements the OneRD Guarantee Loan Initiative; Encourages Private Investment in Rural Communities   WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2020 – United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy...

Direct Hay Weighted Average Report for week ending 9/4/2020   Volume       This Week Last Reported (8/24/2020) Last Year Tons: Hay 19091 15817 0 Straw 664 910 0 Total 19755 16727 0 Bales: Hay 211 234 0 Total 211 234 0 Please Note: The above volumes (tonnage, acres, and bales) listed on this...

NATIONAL FARMERS MARKET MANAGERS UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS   In 2019, Farmers Market Managers operated 8,140 farmers markets. The largest number of markets operated during June through...

USDA Farm Service Agency 08/28/2020 01:00 PM EDT   WASHINGTON, August 28, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announced today that...

USDA Farm Service Agency   Deadline Approaching for USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 08/28/2020 01:01 PM EDT   WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2020 –U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service...

USDA Office of Communications   (Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)...

USDA Office of Communications   (Washington, D.C., August 28, 2020) – Sunday marks the 130th anniversary of the authorizing legislation establishing the 1890 Land-Grant Universities (LGUs)....