FSA: Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments continued for 2013 crop year

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The marketing assistance loan (MAL) and loan deficiency payment (LDP) provisions authorized in the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill) have been extended for the 2013 crop year with the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, according to a press release from the Farm Service Agency. MALs [...]

County eligible for natural disaster aid due to drought

According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the USDA has designated two counties in Kentucky as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by the recent drought. The counties are: Breckinridge and Grayson. “Our hearts go out to those Kentucky farmers and ranchers affected by the recent [...]