Usda farm storage loan program

Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service is announcing several new and expanded opportunities for climate smart agriculture in NewsBreak Contributors Publishers Advertisers. Sign in. Community Policy. Related pnwag. The investment seeks to bolster climate research and connect and share climate-smart solutions directly with the agricultural community.

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San Marcos Daily Record. Department of Agriculture USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a recent adjustment in school meal reimbursements to help schools continue to serve children healthy and nutritious meals. Program Details Expansion of the low-interest FSFL program will allow FSA to better serve fruit and vegetable as well as other producers who need specialty equipment to get crops safely and efficiently to local farmers markets, schools, restaurants, food hubs, and retail establishments.

The new program changes announced this week will allow financing for portable storage structures, portable equipment, and storage and handling trucks. Previously, only permanently-affixed and stationary equipment and facilities were eligible for financing under this program. In the past two years, FSA has expanded the program to make produce packing sheds eligible. FSA also expanded program eligibility to unprocessed meat and poultry, eggs, milk, cheese, butter, yogurt, flowers, hops, rye, and aquaculture — products previously not included in the FSFL program.

The agency also started to coordinate the storage loan program with other federal farm credit programs, which enables farmers to put together loan packages more easily and cover a wider range of their financing needs. Ryan Quarles recently announced. The American Farm Bureau says producers have an additional platform to share concerns about anti-trust violations in the packing industry.

Scott Bennet is the Director of Congressional Relations and says the joint initiative between the Department of Justice Joe Biden announced an action plan this week to address those concerns. Biden says four packers account for 85 percent of the beef market. Farmers are concerned about rising production costs, according to the latest Ag Economy Barometer.

Forty-seven percent, almost half the people in the survey, said that was their top concern. Farm and Dairy. Department of Agriculture in a project with Ohio State University to advance climate-smart agriculture as it relates to efficiently irrigating and applying nutrients to crops.

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