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The USDA’s Risk Management Agency says it will continue to defer accrual of interest for 2019 crop year insurance premiums to help farmers hit hard by extreme weather.  More specifically, USDA will defer the accrual of interest on 2019 crop year insurance programs to the earlier of the applicable termination date or January 31st 2020, for all policies with a premium billing date of August 15th, 20

Flooding that started along the Missouri River in March, is expected to continue into December.  Kevin Grode with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said this year is shaping up to be one for the record books.   “The 2019 calendar year runoff forecast for the upper Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa, is 61.0 million-acre feet,...

The National Association of Conservation Districts is urging farmers to explore transitioning to conservation practices, including no-till and cover crops, to prevent further soil erosion in the face of extreme weather.   The U.S. is ...

While it took longer than the USDA would like, disaster assistance is finally here for farmers hurt by natural disasters over the last three years.  Those are the word from USDA head Sonny Perdue who recently spoke with Gary Crawford.     If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

Nebraska Farm Bureau’s Disaster Relief Fund has received over $3 million in donations and paid out $1 million to help farmers impacted by historic flooding.  Farm Bureau Foundation Executive Director Megahan Schafer said they received donations from all 50 states, Australia, Europe and around the world.   “...

Farm groups, Ag lenders and the American Farm Bureau continue to press Congress to put aside politics and pass “urgently needed” disaster relief for the Midwest and other regions.   A $13 billion disaster packages, which includes $5 billion for Ag assistance has already stalled in the Senate.  Now, 135 farm ...

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue said farmers ought to be eligible for federal compensation for grain lost in flooded bins this spring.  At nearly the same time, House Ag Committee Chair Collin Peterson called for a one-time payment to flooded grain operators.  In...

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue urged lawmakers this week to pass a disaster bill, one that will help farmers who have lost stored crops.  As Midwest farmer's deal with another huge storm, which brings the possibility of more flooding, lawmakers continue to debate what help farmers impacted by flooding need.  In...

Disaster aid for states hit by flooding is more uncertain as Congress nears recess and ag lawmakers seem at odds over what producers need.  Politico reports negotiations to pass a disaster relief package have collapsed just as another storm hits the Midwest and Great Plains, prompting blizzard warnings from Colorado to Minnesota.  Mi...

March runoff in the upper Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was a record 11.0 million-acre feet, surpassing the previous record of 7.3 million-acre feet set in 1952.  The average March upper basin runoff is 2.9 million-acre feet, according to the U.S. A...