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Goehring announces age/source beef verification program
BISMARCKA new, voluntary program to help market North Dakota beef domestically and abroad was unveiled Tuesday. North Dakota Verified Livestock allows livestock producers and feeding operations to ve...
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USDA expanding program to fight rural poverty

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. officials are expanding a program intended to reduce poverty and improve life in rural areas through better access to federal funding.

By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press , March 26, 2013

USDA offers loans to farmers who grow for locals

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — With interest in locally grown food soaring, the federal government said Tuesday it has created a small loan program to help community farmers who might not be able to borrow money from banks.

By Adrian Sainz, Associated Press , January 15, 2013

ND food distributor says USDA is not playing fair

A Grand Forks food distributor says the company is getting a raw deal from the federal government.

January 21, 2012

Rural Development officials to tour ND communities

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development officials are conducting a tour of a dozen North Dakota communities.

January 08, 2012

USDA creates board for Native American farmers

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has created a special advisory board to help ensure that Native Americans participate in and benefit from USDA programs.

December 08, 2011

USDA revises N.D. wheat estimates

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has lowered wheat acre estimates in North Dakota after a resurvey of some farmers. The spring wheat figure for the state has been reduced from 6.35 million acres to 5.9 million, and the durum wheat number from 1 million acres to 800,000.

August 18, 2011

Head of USDA's disaster assistance programs to inspect ND farmland

Sen. Kent Conrad D-N.D., announced Tuesday that Michael Scuse, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's acting under secretary for farm and foreign agricultural services, will travel to North Dakota on Tuesday, Aug. 9, to see the impact excessive spring moisture and continued wet weather have had on the state's agricultural sector.

August 02, 2011

USDA home loan limit increased for N.D.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development agency has increased its home loan limit in North Dakota by 21 percent.

May 05, 2011

Judge approves USDA, Indian farmers settlement

April 28, 2011

USDA financing to help Jamestown area

Jasper Schneider, USDA Rural Development state director, announced today that Northern Plains Electric Cooperative was selected to receive a $740,000 loan through the Rural Economic Development Loan program.

February 08, 2011

USDA to re-survey small grains farmers

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says estimates of this year's spring wheat, durum wheat, barley and oats crops might change.

October 11, 2010

NDAREC gets $225,000 grant from USDA Rural Development

At the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives annual board meeting today, USDA Rural Development State Director Jasper Schneider awarded the association with a $225,000 grant.

October 07, 2010

USDA: U.S. corn, soybean headed for record year

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. corn and soybean farmers are on track to produce the largest crops in history, according to a government report released Thursday.

August 12, 2010

USDA earmarks money for grasshopper fight

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government is setting aside extra money to combat an expected outbreak of grasshoppers this summer in Nebraska, the Dakotas and other states.

June 12, 2010

Knight to moderate panel at ag forum

Bruce Knight, former chief of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, will moderate a panel at a forum on agriculture and carbon policy at noon Thursday in Valley City.

June 09, 2010

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