The Hit Farm

The funding will be provided through the USDA's Natural Resources and Conservation Service Sage Grouse Initiative. The initiative focuses on conserving sage grouse habitat in 11 Western states: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota Kevin's Law was a response to a court of appeals ruling that USDA did not have the authority to shut [...]

USDA has, surprisingly, its estimate of planted area of corn. Most analysts expect a decline after a late start to planting and severe flooding in several regions of the United States increasingly important. USDA Rural Development is recognizing those who help Mainers become home owners. Today Northeast Bank was honored as the "Homeownership Partner of [...]

The U.S. farmers planted a lot more corn acres in 2011 than the trade expected, according to the USDA Thursday. In its June Acreage and Quarterly Grain Stocks Reports, the government released very bearish data. The rally gained traction after the USDA on Monday said that conditions of the US corn crop were deteriorating. Fresh [...]