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Veteran resources launched at USDA

"U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue...announced the launch of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) resources to provide comprehensive and timely support to veterans interested in opportunities in agriculture, agribusiness, and in rural America."
MorningAgClips

Enrollment is open for safety net coverage

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that starting Nov. 1, 2017, farmers and ranchers with base acres in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) safety net program may enroll for the 2018 crop year. The enrollment period will end on Aug. 1, 2018."
MorningAgClips

USDA helps veterans acquire agriculture skills

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced a new grant opportunity to help military veterans pursue farming and ranching careers."
MorningAgClips

Immigrant-dependent growers face reality

"After decades of enjoying a robust low-wage labor force mostly comprised of Mexican immigrants entering the U.S. illegally, growers in Yakima Valley and across the state are finding fewer laborers interested in coming here to work."
MorningAgClips

Programs will help new farmers & ranchers

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $17.7 million in available funding to support the delivery of education, mentoring, and technical assistance programs that help beginning farmers and ranchers in the U.S. and its territories."
MorningAgClips

More 'hobby farms,' more growers maimed, killed

"...the nation’s growing embrace of small-scale production of local and organic crops is drawing more amateurs into the field, and inexperienced growers are increasingly getting maimed and even killed, often by old, unsafe machinery."
MorningAgClips

Massive opioid impact in farm country

"74% of farmers & farm workers say they have been directly impacted by opioid abuse"
MorningAgClips

Support for tribal extension, research

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced grants to fund programs that promote learning, opportunity, and health within the American Indian community."
MorningAgClips

Survey reveals a generation ready to defy odds

"America’s new generation of young farmers expect to overcome major barriers to their success in agriculture, including access to land, affordable health care, and mounting student loan debt, but success will require deliberate policy change at all levels of government, according to the 2017 National Young Farmer Survey."
MorningAgClips

5 steps to get NRCS assistance

"NRCS offers these five steps to getting assistance."
Farm and Dairy