We will have the new program in place by September.
As Senator Blunt suggested, we need to make sure that as we make decisions about a realignment of our Farm Service offic...
we expect and anticipate that by April 15, folks will begin to apply for disaster assistance.
We can do more for farmers and ranchers who are challenged.
we want to encourage producers to do what they need to do for their operations.
We have significant safeguards built into all of our systems at USDA to make sure that individual identities are protect...
We hope to be able to allow folks to make application for assistance by April 15.
Our hope is that we get this done in 2014 so that we essentially can factor it into the budget.
Eighty-five percent of the Nation's poorest counties are rural, and per capita income in rural America lags behind that ...
A strong agriculture sector is key to strong rural communities, supporting 9.2 percent of jobs in the economy.
Under President Obama's leadership, the United States has reached historic levels of investment in rural communities.