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Storage facility loan program to be discussed during Ag Show
WILLMAR — During this year’s Willmar Ag Show, farmers and representatives from businesses that sell and install grain storage bins, grain dryers or grain handling equipment will have two opportunities to learn how the 2008 farm bill modified and expanded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Storage Facility Loan program.By Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , March 06, 2010
USDA hopes to address veterinarian shortages
WILLMAR — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is implementing a new program that it hopes will address veterinary shortages throughout rural America by repaying the student loans of qualified veterinarians in return for their services in areas suffering from a lack of veterinarians.By Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , February 27, 2010
Sign-up deadline for vegetable program is March 1
WILLMAR — Minnesota fruit and vegetable growers have until March 1 to apply for a special program that will allow more flexibility in meeting the requirements of the farm bill, without sacrificing their eligibility for future benefits.By Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , February 20, 2010
EQIP sign-up period ends Feb. 26
WILLMAR — Minnesota has been allocated $22.2 million for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program during the 2010 fiscal year.By Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , February 13, 2010
USDA study finds ozone levels affect soybean yields
WILLMAR — According to the findings of a recent study released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, current atmospheric ozone levels are already suppressing soybean yields.By Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , February 06, 2010
FSA can assist farmers with operating capital
WILLMAR — Spring planting may be several months away, but farmers are already making preparations for the 2010 growing season. Part of those preparations may include putting together a financial plan with a lender.By Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , January 30, 2010
USDA study analyzes benefits of new revenue program vs. traditional payment program
WILLMAR — Authorized by the 2008 farm bill, the Average Crop Revenue Election program is the first federal income-support program to be based on revenue and planted acres. This is a radical departure from previous income-support programs, including the current Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment program, which provides payments based on national average market prices and a farm’s historical planting of specified crops, known as base acres.By Wes Nelson, Farm Service Agency executive director , January 23, 2010
IRS to assist USDA in enforcing income eligibility provisions
WILLMAR — The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to assist the U.S. Department of Agriculture in reducing federal farm program fraud by enhancing its enforcement of the income eligibility provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill.By Wes Nelson, Farm Service Agency executive director , January 16, 2010
USDA approves flu vaccine for swine
WILLMAR — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a conditional license to Pfizer Animal Health, of Lincoln, Neb., for a pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine to vaccinate pigs against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. This is the first pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine license issued by USDA.By Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , January 02, 2010
Net farm income to decline sharply in 2009
WILLMAR — According to the latest forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, net farm income in 2009 is expected to total $57 billion in 2009, down $30 billion or 34.5 percent from 2008.By Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , December 19, 2009
Sign-up under way for 2010 for two payment programs
WILLMAR — Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture have announced that signup for the 2010 Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment program and the Average Crop Revenue Election program is now under way at local Farm Service Agency offices. Sign-up will continue through June 1, 2010.December 12, 2009
Area farmers take part in soybean mission trip to Philippines, Malaysia
WORTHINGTON — Minnesota Soybean Growers Association representatives Matt Widboom of Worthington and Bob Nelsen of Westbrook returned from a soybean growers mission trip to the Philippines and Malaysia just in time to experience a southwest Minnesota blizzard on Tuesday.By Julie Buntjer , December 11, 2009
Genome of corn successfully sequenced in $29.5 million project
WILLMAR — Scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and their colleagues have successfully completed a four-year effort to sequence the genome of corn, also known and sometimes referred to as maize. This achievement represents the largest and most complex plant genome sequenced to date and became the cover story in a recent issue of the journal Science.By Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , December 05, 2009
Contact your agent for delayed harvest as crop insurance coverage ends Dec. 10
WILLMAR — Extremely wet field conditions this fall resulted in many local farmers having to delay harvest activity. In some cases, farmers may have to wait until the ground freezes before all of their crop can be harvested using their normal harvest equipment.By Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , November 28, 2009
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