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WASHINGTON, Jan 26, 2015 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Val Dolcini today announced that the Conservation Reserve Program now will encourage more bird habitats …

Bozeman, Mont., Jan. 22, 2015—Four national initiatives are being offered in Montana through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP): On-Farm Energy, Organic, and Seasonal High Tunnel. While the USDA Natural …

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2015 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture reminds livestock producers that the Jan. 30, 2015, deadline to request assistance for losses suffered from Oct. 1, 2011 through …

by Katie Micik, DTN Markets Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) — USDA lowered corn ending stocks by 121 million bushels to 1.877 billion bushels to reflect a lower, but still record, corn …

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today begins its celebration of the International Year of Soils to highlight the importance of healthy soils for food …

by John Maday, Drovers Managing Editor  The outbreak of vesicular stomatitis (VS) that led to quarantine of livestock operations in three states last summer has slowly died out as cold …

“The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will not close the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station during the fiscal year 2015.” This is the indirect message received by the sheep industry from …

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2014 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Big Horn and Park counties in Wyoming as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses …

In a rare opportunity to participate in Montana’s rapidly expanding beef genetics export market, the Montana Department of Agriculture is seeking two representatives from the Montana beef genetics industry to …

by Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor With Congress blocking USDA from spending any funds to create a second beef checkoff, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he's happy at least that …