Tag: USDA

USDA Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP)

USDA Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) Applications are being accepted now through Aug. 28, 2020 Call your FSA county office to make an appointment. McLean County FSA Office:(309) 452-3848 USDA … Read More

USDA Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP)

USDA Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) Applications available staring May 26 Call your FSA county office to make an appointment. McLean County FSA Office:(309) 452-3848 Crops: A payment will be … Read More

USDA SECRETARY DOES NOT ANTICIPATE FOOD SHORTAGES

Visit almost any grocery store and you’ll see how that food chain has been disrupted during the coronavirus pandemic. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has been talking up part of the … Read More

USDA DISASTER DECLARATION PROMISES RELIEF FOR ILLINOIS FARMERS

Struggling Illinois farmers are expecting some relief after the USDA declared a disaster in all 102 of the state’s counties. The declaration would give farmers and other agricultural businesses access … Read More

PERDUE: US FARMERS WILL REGAIN MARKETS LOST IN TRADE WAR

U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue told nervous Midwestern farmers on Wednesday that he’s confident that they’ll eventually regain the markets they’ve lost in the Trump administration’s trade war with China. … Read More

OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST A REFERENDUM

Soybean growers have until May 31 to request a referendum to vote on continuation of the soybean checkoff program. Growers may request the referendum at the county Farm Service Agency … Read More