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Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program payments

Business News

USDA issues payments for hog pandemic program

SPRINGFIELD -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is increasing the amount of funding available for the Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program (SMHPP). They expect to issue approximately $62.8 million in pandemic assistance payments to hog producers starting this week. SMHPP assists eligible producers who sold hogs through a spot market sale between April 16 and September 1 of 2020. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) was accepting SMHPP applications earlier this year, with the deadline being April 29, 2022. “In […]

todayJuly 27, 2022 106

USDA

Illinois

USDA to open Illinois CREP program

SPRINGFIELD — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the State of Illinois are resuming a partnership with enrollment opening on Wednesday. The partnership through the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) assists Illinois farmers, ranchers, and agricultural landowners in improving water quality and natural resource conservation. The Illinois CREP is offered by the USDA and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). It expands the voluntary, incentive-based conservation programs available to Illinois agricultural producers. It also focuses on the Illinois and […]

todayJune 14, 2022 39

USDA

Business News

USDA accepting applications from organic ag producers

Agricultural producers and handlers who are certified organic, along with producers and handlers who are transitioning to organic production, can now apply for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Organic and Transitional Education Certification Program (OTECP) and Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP), which help producers and handlers cover the cost of organic certification, along with other related expenses. “By helping with organic certification costs – long identified as a barrier to certification – USDA has helped producers participate in […]

todayMay 20, 2022 107

Skyline Chili recall

Consumer Alerts

Morgan Foods recalls Skyline Chili products

[media-credit name="PHOTO COURTESY OF USDA FSIS" align="none" width="677"][/media-credit] WASHINGTON/AUSTIN, Ind. -- Morgan Foods, an Austin, Ind., establishment, is recalling approximately 2,205 pounds of Skyline Chili due to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The announcement comes from a press release Wednesday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The product contains milk, wheat, and soy, which are known allergens. There were no declarations on the product label. The cans with chili product labeling may actually contain cream of […]

todayFebruary 16, 2022 298

Food & Drink News

USDA announces another $470 million in purchases for food banks

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced yet another plan to purchase food from struggling farmers and distribute it to food banks -- some $470 million this time. The purchases, announced this week, will come in addition to the $3 billion the USDA already pledged to buy farm products as part of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program that was revealed April 17. This solution from the USDA won't be enough to save rapidly-declining industries While across […]

todayMay 6, 2020 41

Business & Lifestyle

Illinois crop report reveals slow corn planting, wheat harvest

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) – There were roughly five days suitable for crop fieldwork in Illinois over the past week ending Sunday, April 12, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report. The report was delivered Monday by crop statistician Mark Schleusener. Temperatures in Illinois are above average Across the Land of Lincoln, the average temperature during the week was 53.3 degrees. As a result, this is 4.7 degrees above normal. Rainfall is below average, moisture supply still adequate Unfortunately, rainfall was […]

todayApril 14, 2020 79

Illinois food stamps SNAP

Business & Lifestyle

Illinois to issue February food stamp benefits this week

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- Those on food stamps in Illinois should get next month's benefits by the end of the week, but leaders in Springfield are warning people to make them last. The Federal government is releasing February's food stamp benefits, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program (SNAP), early. The partial Federal government shutdown will leave the United States Department of Agriculture without the authority to spend money next month. In Illinois, Department Of Human Services […]

todayJanuary 15, 2019 21

Business & Lifestyle

USDA Rural Development grant awarded to Village of Coalton

COALTON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The village of Coalton has been awarded a grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development Community & Facility Grant program to purchase a new dump truck, according to a press release made available Wednesday by the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC). The new truck purchased with the grant replaces a very old and worn out truck that the village has used for years and will allow the village to continue daily operations […]

todayJanuary 3, 2018 79

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