by admin | May 14, 2018 | Ag News, Local, News
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today the appointment of Richard Fordyce to serve as Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA). In his role, Fordyce will provide leadership for FSA and its mission to...
by admin | May 1, 2018 | 2-State, Ag News, Local, News
A group of nine students from the UNL School of Landscape Architecture will be in Valentine Tuesday evening to present ideas about improving the quality of life in the Valentine area. This has been the entire focus of these students this semester. After two other...
by admin | Apr 26, 2018 | 2-State, Ag News, Local, News
Planting of spring wheat is finally getting underway in South Dakota. The federal Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that 2 percent of the crop is in the ground, well behind the five-year average of 50 percent. Last year at this time, nearly 75...
by admin | Apr 26, 2018 | 2-State, Ag News, Local, News
Agricultural producers who have lost livestock to disease, resulting from a weather disaster, have an additional way to become eligible for a key U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) disaster assistance program. USDA Under Secretary for Farm Production and...
by admin | Apr 17, 2018 | Ag News, Local, News
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) offers disaster assistance and low-interest loan programs to assist agricultural producers in their recovery efforts following blizzards or other qualifying natural disasters. Available programs and loans include: Non-Insured Crop...
by admin | Apr 17, 2018 | Ag News, Local, News
Valentine USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that producers who suffered qualifying livestock losses due to the recent blizzard could be eligible for the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP). “LIP provides livestock producers with a vital safety net to help...
