Farm Compliance

Crop Insurance Premiums Lower for Qualifying Farmers in 12 States

Written by Farm Compliance
Thursday, 26 May 2011
St. Louis, Missouri - Monsanto’s Genuity® SmartStax® RIB Complete™ is the newest corn product to be approved for crop insurance premium reduction under the Pilot Biotechnology Endorsement (BE) program offered by the Risk Management Agency (RMA) - USDA.
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Online Voting Under Way to Select the 2011 America’s Farmers Mom of the Year

Written by Farm Compliance
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Online voters are invited to help select Monsanto’s America’s Farmers Mom of the Year 2011. American Agri-Women and Monsanto have selected five amazing farm moms from across the country as regional winners. Now, online voters will determine the national winner by visiting www.AmericasFarmers.com, reading the regional winners’ nominations and casting a vote for their favorite by May 26.
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Efforts to Decrease U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil Highlighted

Written by USDA
Monday, 23 May 2011
Nashville, Tennessee - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted the importance of moving toward a clean energy economy and breaking our country's unsustainable dependence on foreign oil while visiting Thorntons Convenience Store
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USDA Reminds Producers of Deadline to Enroll for Direct and Counter Cyclical Program

Written by USDA
Monday, 23 May 2011
Washington, DC - USDA Farm Service Agency acting Administrator Bruce Nelson today reminded farmers and landowners that they have until Wednesday, June 1, 2011, to enroll their farms in the 2011 Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) and the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program. More than 75 percent of an expected 1.7 million farms have already enrolled.
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Fund Collaborative Projects for Bay-Delta Water Use Efficiencies Announced

Written by USDA
Monday, 23 May 2011
Washington, DC - Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes and Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced that by working together to leverage monies for water delivery agencies and agricultural producers in California's Central Valley, agencies of the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture will provide $9.1 million in funding to five water/power delivery districts to save water, improve water management and create new supplies for agricultural irrigation.
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