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Crops were damaged across much of southern and eastern Idaho when a series of ill-timed storms caused grain to sprout before it could be harvested and some crops to mold in the fields.
Ranch owners have agreed to pay $795,000 for wetlands preservation and $300,000 in penalties.
Soils with seasonal highs can benefit greatly from being tiled.
Commodity prices may be down, but land prices remain on the rise, according to the latest USDA Land Values Summary.
The country’s next generation of farmers and ranchers may have a better chance at success with extra help that the federal government unveiled Monday.
When enrollment opened for the USDA disaster assistance programs this April, LaNelle Martin was one of the first to sign up at the Kimball County FSA office in Nebraska.
Federal officials have designated five Idaho counties as natural disaster areas due to recent drought conditions.
Former USDA employee Shirley Sherrod filed the lawsuit against the late blogger Andrew Breitbart, who in 2010 posted an edited video of Sherrod, who is black, supposedly making racist remarks.