Agriculture
It is simply amazing what census results can tell us
Every five years the United States Department of Agriculture conducts its Census of Agriculture. In 2007 the last census was taken and the results are now in with some very interesting results. For the very first time since 1840 when the first ag census was taken in conjunction with the nation’s population census, [...]
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Drought-affected Clay farmers get federal assistance
WASHINGTON-With droughts affecting farmers across Tennessee due to the state experiencing below average rainfall during the past year, Congressman Bart Gordon announced today that the U.S. Agriculture Department declared Clay County a federal agricultural disaster area. “This drought has destroyed crop yields across Clay – it has hurt farmers and their families in the County [...]
ContinuedThe milk income loss contract program signups are underway
WASHINGTON-USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that signup for the Milk Income Loss Contract Program (MILC) began Dec 22 and will continue through the program’s expiration date, Sept 30, 2012. The 2008 Farm Bill reauthorizes the MILC Program, which operates similarly to the counter-cyclical payment program for crops, and makes three key changes in [...]
ContinuedUSDA enacts changes to payment limitations, income qualifications, and implements direct attribution programs
WASHINGTON-With the publication of an interim final regulation in the Federal Register next week, the United States Department of Agriculture announced changes to both Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) qualifications, program payment limitations, and direct attribution for Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) programs, which became effective in accordance with the [...]
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Rare Occurrence at Dale Hollow Dam
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