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USDA Announces Additional Direct Money to Farmers, Ranchers Impacted by Coronavirus Sep 18, 2020
USDA announced today up to an additional $14 billion will be available for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19. Signup for the […]
Trade Aid: Last Payment Sent, Check Your Bank – DTN Feb 5, 2020
Farmers should see the third and final round of Market Facilitation Program payments in the bank by the end of the week, USDA announced in a news release on Monday. […]
Yield Updating Decisions Under the 2018 Farm Bill Dec 4, 2019
Landowners will have a one-time yield updating decision under the 2018 Farm Bill: 1) keep the current Price Loss Coverage (PLC) yield that is assigned to a crop on a […]
Trade Aid: USDA Issues 2nd Round of Payments Nov 15, 2019
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the second tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation […]
USDA Announces 2019 Marketing Assistance Loan Rates Apr 10, 2019
USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation today announced the 2019 marketing assistance loan rates by: County for wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, soybeans and each “other oilseed” (canola, crambe, flaxseed, mustard […]
Farm Bill Payment Calculator Available for North Dakota, Minnesota Counties Jan 31, 2019
A calculator developed by NDSU Extension to help producers estimate the Agricultural Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage payments they may receive in 2019 is available online. The payments are for the […]
USDA Issues $4.8 Bln in Farm Safety Net, Conservation Payments Oct 12, 2018
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that the United State Department of Agriculture continues to invest in rural America with more than $4.8 billion in payments being made, starting this […]
Ag Policy: Price Loss Coverage Favors “Other Oilseeds” Jun 4, 2018
In the context of U.S. commodity policy, “other oilseeds” include canola, crambe, flaxseed, mustard seed, rapeseed, safflower, sesame seed, and sunflower seed, as well as “any oilseed designated by the […]
USDA Announces Loan Rates for Wheat, Feed Grains, Oilseeds, Rice, Pulse Crops Mar 29, 2017
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation today announced the 2017 marketing assistance loan rates by county for wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, soybeans and each “other oilseed” […]
U.S. Oilseeds: Production and Policy Comparison Feb 16, 2017
A variety of oilseeds are grown in the U.S. and some are included as program crops in the 2014 farm bill. The most prominent oilseed is, of course, soybeans but […]
