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The Big Picture

APFO employees repackage USDA commodity shipments that will be sent to community distribution centers across 29 counties in Utah. Farmers and ranchers know that the U.S. Department of Agriculture,...

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Wickard Honored for Contribution to Indiana Ag

Indiana FSA State Executive Director Julia Wickard is honored with three others for their contribution to Indiana agriculture. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Indiana State...

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Unsung Hero Helps Community Survive Devastating Disaster

Pictured from left to right:  Jim Neill (CED), Dixie Oedekoven (PT), Julie Bronemann (PT), Mary Kay Lemmel (PT), Holly Howie (PT), Tacy Snyder (FLO), Lois Kirkegaard (PT), Ron Adam (FLM) Sturgis, S.D....

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Indiana Farm Becomes Conservation Showcase

Dr. Robert and Ellen Mulford have enrolled 238 acres into six different CRP practices that focused on establishing grassed waterways, windbreaks and creating various wildlife habitats by planting...

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FSA Administrator Val Dolcini Listens to Customers and Employees on Travels

Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Val Dolcini continued his active engagement with customers and FSA employees during recent trips to several northeastern states.  In a trip to New York to help...

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Launching the Celebration

#CRP is 30 By Val Dolcini, FSA Administrator Last week, I met Ricky Bauer at his farm in nearby Howard County, Maryland. It’s amazing how such rural beauty is hidden between Washington, D.C., and...

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Pollinator Habitat Not Just for Bees

by Dan Janes, Communications Coordinator and GIS Management Analyst, North Dakota Farm Service Agency Bruce Pantzke’s CRP enhanced with pollinator habitat also provides vital nesting cover for both...

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Colorado Ranchers Thankful for USDA’s Emergency Haying and Grazing Program

Sustains Herds During Severe and Persistent Drought Livestock producers face tough business decisions on a daily basis. However, 2012 left many of the country’s livestock producers facing the ultimate...

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Minnesota Farmer Commits a Century of Life to Agriculture

FSA Administrator Val Dolcini celebrates Art Hulberg’s 100th Birthday and his 30 year commitment to the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). (Photo courtesy of Deb Mercier, News Editor, Pope County...

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Microloan Message from Administrator

Administrator Val Dolcini encourages FSA borrowers to consider the microloan. Watch Fence Post for an upcoming discussion led by Administrator Dolcini on microloans with FSA Farm Loan Programs Deputy...

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IMPACTS Tells FSA’s 2015 Accomplishments

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) recently issued its fiscal year 2015 accomplishments report in a document called IMPACTS. It is a summary review of the various programs and initiatives administered by...

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Introducing Fence Post Studio

Fence Post Studio 1 – FSA Microloans The Farm Service Agency is offering a new approach at FSA’s Fence Post, our direct electronic communications news source.  Our goal is to keep up with busy farmers...

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Producers Now Have Online Access to Farm Records

USDA’s Farm Service Agency has made it possible for farmers to access their farm records using the Internet. The electronic information asset is called FSAFarm+. Farmers wanting to view their records...

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Military Veterans Interested in Ag: Learn Here!

So you’ve been marching to a military beat and now it’s time for a change. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has some suggestions you may want to consider. There are jobs in ag that could use the...

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Fence Post Studio – Reaching Farmers and Ranchers

Fence Post Studio with Administrator Val Dolcini Introducing Bridges to Opportunities The Farm Service Agency offers American farmers and ranchers ways to solve problems and succeed with their...

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Earth Day 2016

April 22, 2016, is a day for celebrating our Earth, an event established in 1970 to honor the planet on which we live. The goal announced to the world on this Earth Day is to plant 7.8 billion trees...

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Farming and Ranching for Disabled Veterans: Opportunities for Success

Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Lanon Baccam U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Lanon Baccam...

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NAP Is Considered “Berry” Good in Iowa

By Elizabeth Lauren Moore, for FSA Public Affairs Sawmill Hollow aronia berry production In the spring of 2012, Iowa farmers experienced a harsh freeze that damaged crops and altered production for the...

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Mapping the Ag-Nation: 2016 National GIS Training (Part 1)

By Simone Grant for FSA Public Affairs In mid-March, Geographic Information System specialists, county office employees, national office staff, and program management of all levels at the U.S....

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Administrator Encouraged by CRP

Farm Service Agency Administrator Val Dolcini has been putting in the miles as he travels to several states, meeting with employees and touring the nation’s diverse agricultural landscape. At several...

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