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Training Empowers Ag Boards to Recruit the Next Generation of Farmers

February 26, 2015 Anne Alonzo, Administrator of USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden, and all of USDA are committed to supporting the next generation of farmers and ranchers and promoting diversity and inclusion in all sectors of agriculture. As Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), I had the pleasure of...

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Old Dominion Agriculture by Numbers

January 29, 2015 Herman Ellison, Virginia State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

The Census of Agriculture is the most complete account of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Every Thursday USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will highlight new Census data and the power of the information to shape the future of American agriculture. Nothing can...

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Farming at the Crossroads of America

January 22, 2015 Greg Matli, Indiana State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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Cover Crops Provide Multiple Benefits, Higher Yields

January 21, 2015 Ciji Taylor, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Corn and soybean farmers across the nation saw an increase in yields last year thanks in part to soil health-building cover crops. More than 1,900 farmers responded last winter to a survey about cover crops conducted by the USDA’s North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education...

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Land of 10 Thousand Lakes and 20 Million Turkeys

January 15, 2015 Dan Lofthus, Minnesota State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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Broiler Industry Stretches Its Economic Wings in Delaware

January 08, 2015 Dale Hawks, Acting Delaware State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA

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Conservation Programs Help Nebraska Farmer Install, Improve Irrigation System

December 04, 2014 Morgan Rezac, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Nebraska

As a little girl, Mary Kay Lyon followed her father around their south central Nebraska farm always dreaming of one day owning the operation herself. Lyon left the farm to attend college, but eventually made it back home when her father retired, determined to run the family farm. “I wanted to farm...

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Missouri Farmers Bring Agriculture to Local Population

November 07, 2014 Bob Garino, Missouri State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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Illinois Farmers Have Plenty to Boast About

October 30, 2014 Mark Schleusener, Illinois State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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Grains, Trains and Global Success

September 16, 2014 Bruce Blanton, Director of Transportation Services Division, Agricultural Marketing Service

Fall is harvest time and our rural communities are bustling with activity. For American soybean farmers the days start in the early dawn, and they stay until the last light is gone, tending fields that seem to stretch to the end of the world. But success for them relies on more than just growing a...

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