Enrollment Opens for Dairy Farm Insurance Program June 19, 2019 Vermont dairy farmers can now sign up for an improved insurance program to help them when the gap between milk...
Kentucky Food Distributor Recalls More Than 22K Pounds of Beef June 8, 2017 The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a Kentucky-based food distributor has issued a recall on more than 22,000 pounds of...
Couple Sues Six Flags in Central California for Retaliation November 2, 2015 Two former employees have sued Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Central California, saying they were fired as retaliation for raising...
Feds Urged to Establish Crop Insurance for Central N.Y. Malt Barley Farmers August 24, 2015 U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D–N.Y., is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a crop insurance program...
Oklahoma Wheat Farmers Seek Drought Loss Relief from USDA October 13, 2014 Oklahoma wheat farmers want the U.S. Department of Agriculture to implement now a policy that’s scheduled to start in 2016...
Senator Wants Feds to Help North Dakota Corn Growers May 21, 2014 By Blake Nicholson North Dakota corn farmers are having a tough time getting their crop in the ground because of a wet spring,...
Idaho’s Elmore County Disaster Area: USDA April 3, 2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has added a southern Idaho county to its list of Idaho regions considered natural disaster...
Crop Insurance Now Farmers’ Main Safety Net February 20, 2014 By Christine Stebbins U.S. farmers and bankers have almost a year to get ready for major changes in 2015 as crop insurance rather...
Kansas Company Recalls Ground Beef Products August 5, 2013 A western Kansas company is recalling more than 50,000 pounds of ground beef products due to concerns that it could...
Dead Farmers Get Millions in Federal Crop Insurance Payouts July 30, 2013 By Charles Abbott The U.S. Agriculture Department paid out $32 million in soil conservation payments and crop insurance aid to dead farmers from...