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Homeownership Month Celebrated With Habitat Volunteer Day in Virginia

June 20, 2011 Vern Orrell, Assistant to the Virginia Rural Development State Director

With Lucy the Habitat Wonder Dog as our mascot, a large group of Virginia Rural Development staff assisted on June 15 th, in the completion of the final construction and landscaping duties for Brandy Russell’s home in Ashland, Virginia.

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Agriculture Secretary Meets with Farmers, Tours Flood-Damaged Areas of Iowa and Nebraska

June 20, 2011 Bill Menner USDA Rural Development Iowa State Director

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met face-to-face last week with about 40 farmers, ranchers and producers from Iowa and Nebraska impacted by flooding along the Missouri River. The Secretary promised the group he would stay until every question had been answered and every concerned voiced – and he...

Conservation Rural

Ninety one-Year-Old Kansas Woman Receives Assistance from Rural Development to Repair her Home

June 17, 2011 prhee

Submitted by Jessica Bowser, USDA Kansas Public Information Coordinator What makes a house a home? That answer can vary, depending on who you ask, but to one Kansan it’s much more than the furnishings or the structure that makes her house a home. Sarah Heckel of Hiawatha, Kansas, has lived in her...

Rural

USDA Announces Streamlining of Program to Improve Water Quality in Alaska Rural Villages

June 16, 2011 James R. Nordlund, Alaska USDA Rural Development State Director

Yesterday, USDA Rural Development in the State of Alaska hosted the official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Rural Alaska Village grant (RAVG) program partners. The MOU partners, which include the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (SOA DEC), Alaska Native...

Rural

In Arizona, Rural Development Housing Programs Provide a Stable Environment for Families

June 16, 2011 Ernie Wetherbee, Acting Arizona Rural Development State Director

The parents were leery about another rental, fearing having to move yet again. Rather serendipitously, the mother saw information on line about USDA Rural Development housing programs. She made a call that changed their lives. As it turned out, the house that they eventually found and qualified for...

Rural

Administrator Judith Canales Speaks To Graduating Class of Texas A&M International University

June 15, 2011 USDA Rural Development Administrator Judith A. Canales

As Administrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture- Rural Development’s Business and Cooperative Programs, I travel throughout the country, promoting the President’s and Secretary’s vision of revitalizing rural America. Of the many talks that I have given this year, one of the most exciting and...

Initiatives Rural

USDA Official Discusses First-Hand Assessment of Agricultural Lands Ravaged by Missouri River Flood

June 15, 2011 Vicki Schurman, USDA Nebraska Public Information Officer

On June 15, 2011 USDA's executive director of the National Food and Agriculture Council, John Berge spoke with agricultural producers and businesses regarding his tour of the agricultural lands devastated by the Missouri River flood and the assistance that USDA has to provide in this time of need...

Rural

Biomass Crop Assistance Program to Spur Renewable Energy Development, Job Creation, in Four States

June 15, 2011 Tanya Brown, Farm Service Agency

Four more states will be added to the list of project areas under a Farm Service Agency program that encourages producers to establish dedicated energy crops to be used for production of biofuels. Today’s announcement is expected to spark the creation of thousands of new jobs in future production...

Energy Rural

Reminder: Nomination Period for FSA County Committees Opens June 15

June 14, 2011 Tanya Brown, FSA Public Information Officer

The Farm Service Agency will begin accepting nominations for local county committees beginning Wednesday, June 15. The nomination period — which runs through Aug. 1 — allows farmers and ranchers to nominate themselves or others as candidates to sit on the local county committee and help make...

Rural

Black Hills of South Dakota Hosts Second White House Business Roundtable

June 14, 2011 Tammi Schone, USDA Public Information Officer

Officials from USDA met with business leaders in Rapid City, South Dakota to seek their input on ways federal, state and local officials can help improve economic conditions and create jobs. The session was the second White House Business Council meeting held; the first was held in Missouri. The...

Rural