SURE Program Now Available

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Specialty Crops, Weather

WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has implemented the new Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments program (SURE) in accordance with the 2008 Farm Bill. Vilsack also encouraged producers to visit their USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office beginning on January 4, 2010, to participate in the program if they suffered crop production losses during the 2008 …

FL NRCS Assists in Dairy Waste Project

Randall Weiseman Cattle, Dairy, Florida, Livestock, USDA-NRCS

Conducting a waste management project was quite an undertaking for one Florida dairy operation but Susie Bishop, owner of Bishop Dairy in Highlands County, said they would not have been able to do this project without the help from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Florida Department of Agriculture.