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On Thursday, the USDA awarded $502 million in loans and grants to provide high-speed internet access for rural residents and businesses in 20 states.  USDA is making the investments through the third funding round of the ReConnect Program.   ...

Hop stocks held by growers, dealers and brewers on September 1st increased 9% year-over-year.  According to NASS, stocks earlier this month totaled 139 million pounds, a notable increase from the 128 million pounds reported September 1st, 2021.  Stocks ...

As part of the 2022 Agricultural Resources Management Survey, better known as ARMS, NASS will survey producers across the Pacific Northwest about their production practices.  This year, USDA is reaching out to wheat and potato producers.   ...

According to NASS, sugarbeet production in Idaho is forecast at 6.63 million tons, down 1% from 2021.  Harvested area, at 170,000 acres, is unchanged from 2021.  Yield is expected to be 39 tons per acre, unchanged from August 1st, 2022, but down half a ton from 2021.   Oregon sug...

During 2020 and 2021, the FSA provided $31 billion in aid to more than 950,000 producers of agricultural commodities, including crops, dairy, and livestock.  The goal was to help offset losses and costs associated with the COVID pandemic.  Th...

The National Association of Wheat Growers has shared their priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill.  As lawmakers continue putting the next farm bill together, wheat growers will advocate for a variety of priorities, including protecting crop insurance to ensure growers have a strong and reliable safety net assists wheat growers when it’s needed during disasters.  They also wan...

USDA and the state of Washington have announced a cooperative agreement to purchase local foods.  Under the agreement signed with AMS, the Washington State Department of Agriculture will purchase and distributed locally grown and/or processed food from underserved producers.  Th...

Nearly twice as many meat-processing plants employ short-term foreign workers than in 2015, “a small but growing trend,” according to an Investigate Midwest report.

Already dealing with months of drought, North Dakota now has another threat after anthrax was found last week in a cattle herd in Kidder County.

The USDA is providing $67 million in competitive loans through the new Heirs’ Property Relending Program, which aims resolve heirs’ land ownership and succession issues.