AG UPDATE USDA offers hay, pasture relief By JIMMY SETTLE The Leaf-Chronicle As a long-term rainfall deficit continues to affect Tennessee farms, officials with the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) remind producers enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) that opportunities for managed haying and grazing exist. AG UPDATE USDA offers hay, pasture relief By JIMMY SETTLE The Leaf-Chronicle As a long-term rainfall deficit continues to...

Today JA reaches more than four million students through 150 offices nationwide and another two million students in more than 100 countries worldwide. JA programs continue through the middle and high school grades, preparing students for additional key economic and workforce issues they will face in the future. Through age-appropriate curricula, JA programs begin at the elementary school level, teaching children how they can impact the world around them as individuals, workers and...

The Gold Level Million Dollar Lender Awards recognize lenders who have made a significant contribution in assisting Wisconsin rural residents achieve their dream of homeownership, in partnership with USDA Rural Development and their Guaranteed Rural Housing (GRH) program. The Gold Level Million Dollar Lender Awards recognize lenders who have made a significant contribution in assisting Wisconsin rural residents achieve their dream of homeownership, in partnership with USDA Rural...

But several agricultural organizations have taken it upon themselves in the past couple of years to update the map because they say temperatures in the United States are growing warmer. The "Hardiness Zone Map" separates the country into 10 temperature zones that help landscapers and gardeners determine which plant species can survive in each region. The National Arbor Day Foundation, a nonprofit environmental organization, released its own version of the map this past winter because of...

Department of Agriculture's monthly cattle-on-feed report on Fridayshowed a marketings decline and placement increase that some analysts andbrokers believe could weigh on fall and winter futures contracts. Analysts and brokers expect Chicago Mercantile Exchangelive cattle to open flat to down 30 points on the heels of last week'slower-than-anticipated fed cattle trade, boxed beef's downward spiral andFriday's generally bearish-construed monthly cattle data. Pork Complex Market watchers...