Tag: USDA
The Allen County office for USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is open to phone and virtual appointments only but can still work with producers on timely filing crop acreage reports. Staffers can provide assistance over…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After spending two decades raising pigs to send to slaughterhouses, Dean Meyer now faces the mentally draining, physically difficult task of killing them even before they leave his northwest Iowa…
The Allen County USDA Service Center will continue to be open for business by phone appointment only and field work will continue with appropriate social distancing. While staffers continue to work from the office, they…
LAHARPE ? LaHarpe resident Cierra Wynn is tired of renting. It?s difficult to find affordable homes in good shape. So when she learned of Saturday?s LaHarpe Home Fair, Wynn saw an opportunity to find out…
LAHARPE A push to improve LaHarpes housing stock continues to build up steam. LaHarpe City Council members discussed Wednesday a proposed small home ordinance that would allow construction of homes as small as 500…
(Editors note: Reporter Richard Luken is a member of LaHarpe PRIDE, the primary organizer of the upcoming LaHarpe Home Fair.) LAHARPE More affordable housing. Its on pretty much every communitys wish list, but…
Enrollment for USDA Farm Service Agencys Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has opened. The program began Dec. 9 and runs through Feb. 28. This is an opportunity for producers to submit offers to re-enroll land that…
One of my favorite things about cooler weather is the satisfaction of including more soups in my family meal plans. I like these one-pot wonders for their flexibility, nutritional value, and large quantities. The USDAs…
An exceptionally wet summer has local farmer Dick Works ?cautiously? optimistic about potential harvests this fall. Farmers are not ready to turn the page on 2019, despite an array of obstacles. Low-flying crop dusters have…
The idea to move two federal research agencies from Washington, D.C., to the Kansas City area is a good one. But the plan being used by U.S. Department of Agriculture leaders to turn the idea…
