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This week, the USDA's Farm Service Agency has updated the Livestock Indemnity Program payment for livestock producers.

After a relatively quiet start to the 2023 hurricane season, the tropics are heating up as we inch closer to the statistical height of the Atlantic Basin hurricane season – September...

Below is information about assistance through our local Farm Service Agency (FSA) Office for Storm Debris and Fencing.

MONTPELIER — So far, the July floods appear to have caused at least $12 million in losses to Vermont’s agricultural industry, damaging over 18,000 acres.

Chase County producers who sustained damage during the April 19 tornadoes may have a new option for relief.

Volatile weather fueled by climate change has ruined nearly 3,000 acres of crops in Massachusetts, affecting more than 100 farms and costing about $15 million. And it has left farmers asking how to keep farming in a rapidly changing climate.

The declaration comes after Gov. Greg Gianforte asked the federal agency to assign the designation due to drought conditions in Northwest Montana.

Northwest Montana agricultural producers are adapting this summer as they deal with the most extreme drought that the region has experienced in more than 20 years.

Massachusetts farmers, waiting for some tangible sign of government response to their rain-inundated plight, finally received state and federal commitments of varying degrees earlier this week.

Massachusetts farmers, waiting for some tangible sign of government response to their rain-inundated plight, finally received state and federal commitments of varying degrees earlier this week.