Greene County Arkansas Declared Disaster Area

Last modified on 2010-02-26 03:03:05 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

Arkansas has had its share of bad weather during the harvest. The USDA just announced Greene County is the primary disaster area in the state following cool late summer temperatures and excessive rainfall from Oct. 1-Dec. 8, 2009.

Producers in Clay, Craighead, Lawrence and Randolph counties are also eligible for crop damage assistance.

Those eligible have until Aug. 25, 2010 to apply for low-rate disaster loans. For more information visit your local Farm Service Agency.

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Arkansas Farmers Need Help Now

Last modified on 2010-02-26 02:57:27 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

Producers and organization representatives spoke in front of the Jefferson County Farm Bureau asking for USDA assistance sooner than later.

2009 was not an easy year for many farmers with abnormally cold weather and frequent heavy rains. Many fear that if USDA disaster and crop assistance is not handed out soon many farmers will have to call it quits.

The hardest part is that banks are working with farmers now to set up loans for the next year, but many farmers have an uncertain future.

Producers and officials are asking that the bureau support and push for the new legislation proposed to the House in mid-November that would disperse payments sooner than the normal May date.

Arkansas as a whole is expected to need $309 million in crop assistance.

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Arkansas Farm Bureau Backs Senator

Last modified on 2010-02-26 02:52:13 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

The Arkansas Farm Bureau has announced its support of Senator Blanche Lincoln’s bipartisan effort to regulate greenhouse gases.

The senator is working alongside Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski to stop the Clean Air Act as a tool to regulate gas.

“Arkansas Farm Bureau is pleased that Sen. Lincoln is joining Sen. Murkowski in this effort,” said Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach in a press release. “It speaks volumes that the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee is concerned enough to create a bipartisan effort to stop unneeded federal regulation that would make it more difficult and costly for farmers and ranchers to continue providing affordable food to Americans and the rest of the world.”

Lincoln has proposed an alternate way to regulate the gases. In a statement she said, “We can make immediate gains to reduce carbon emissions by sending the President bipartisan clean energy legislation produced by the Senate Energy Committee,” Lincoln said. “This legislation, coupled with energy tax incentives, will reduce our dependence on foreign oil and incentivize renewable energy, all while improving the environment and creating much-needed jobs.”

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Arkansas Farmers Lose $225 Million

Last modified on 2009-12-08 18:09:54 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

Arkansas governor Mike Beebe declared seven more counties disaster areas last week, but as of November 6, 70 Arkansas counties are on the nation’s disaster area list.

This season has been extremely rainy and a number of floods have contributed to a $225 million crop loss. The number comes from figures released by the Division of Agriculture at the University of Arkansas.

Experts said that some farmers had a devastating season after 15 inches fell in October alone. Normally Arkansas only has four or five inches of rain on average.

The highest losses were $115.5 million in cotton crops, $50 million in rice and $49 million in soy beans.

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AK Disaster Areas

Last modified on 2009-12-08 18:07:44 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

Arkansas is the latest state to add to the disaster areas list after being hit with such devastating weather that it has been declared a disaster area. Governor Mike Beebe declared three counties disaster areas due to flooding and heavy rains.

Fulton, Little River and Woodruff counties are now on the nation’s quickly growing disaster areas list. 23 Arkansas counties are now on the list. The USDA is in the process of accepting Beebe’s declaration to qualify producers in the area for low-interest disaster loans.

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Rural Housing Loans

Last modified on 2009-09-24 18:13:44 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $600,000 in loans for poor, rural residents.

These low-rate loans will be given to eight organizations to pay for home repairs with low- and very-low-income rural residents across America.

“Housing is the cornerstone of all thriving, stable communities, and every American deserves to live in a safe and decent home,” Vilsack said. “These grants will help rural residents make needed repairs and energy-saving upgrades, and continue making investments to strengthen communities throughout the country.”

This money is available through the USDA Rural Development’s Housing Preservation program. Some organizations receiving money include: Metlakatla Housing Authority (Alaska), Arkansas Land and Farm Corp., Gilman Housing Trust (Vermont), Clare County Community Development (Michigan) and Navajo Utah Commission (Arizona).

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Cotton Crops Dwindle, Soybeans Rise

Last modified on 2009-06-19 21:38:49 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

Many cotton farmers in Arkansas have switched their crops to soybeans after consistent, heavy rainfall. Farmers in Poinstett County told Region 8 news that they tried planting cotton four times, but the rains the plantings and now it is too late in the season to start the crops again.

Aside from the difficulties in planting, cotton prices have also dropped because countries like China and India keep the commodity high in supplies.

“Most cotton farmers were going to cut their acres back this year anyway because of low prices and high input costs. What we have planted, we’ll have to replant, spot plant, and there’s been acres where we’ve lost the whole fields and we’ve run out of time to plant cotton,” farmer Marty White said.

White added that cotton not only needs dry, warm temperatures to grow, but is easily damaged by disease. Disease occurs when too much moisture for too long.

Arkansas is one of the top cotton producers in the world with 2.1 bales in 2004.

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More Damage in Arkansas

Last modified on 2009-06-08 21:14:34 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

Ashley and Howard counties join the many counties registered as disaster areas. The Arkansas counties quality for loans under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act due to severe storms and tornadoes on April 9. Farmers can apply for loans until Dec. 28 to cover his or her losses. Producers who suffered physical loss or 30 percent loss from production should apply for low rate loans.

Although Ashley and Howard county, Arkansas were named by President Obama, Governor Mike Beebe declared many other counties disaster areas as well included Cleburne, Jackson, Marion, Nevada, Bradley, Calhoun and many more. Over 16 counties are available for assistance.

Beebe wrote to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asking for a Secretarial Designation for Arkansas farmers impacted by flood damage. If approved by Vilsack, more loans will be available.

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Arkansas Fruit Crop Survives

Last modified on 2009-04-15 02:06:24 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

An unusual freezing hit the southern United States in the past week put many farmers and producers on the edge of their seats. Luckily, the result was less damaging than expected.

Compared to the disasters in 2007, Arkansas faired better in Tuesday’s freezing. Fruit farmers in Northwest Arkansas were fearful when they awoke Wednesday morning after a night of 26 degree weather. Ultimately they were lucky, 23 degrees was the forecast, and this would have destroyed the entire fruit crop.

The freezing adds on to the damage done by an ice storm in January that devastated the crops. Fortunately, grape crops survived.
“We have one vineyard that was hit pretty hard primarily because it is younger vines, but the older established vineyards held up fine. Overall I think we weathered this cold snap as good as we could hope this late in the season,” producer Heather Ranalli told The Morning News.

In 2007 Arkansas saw over $5 million in damages to the state’s grape, peach, berry and apple crops.

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Farm Act Fails in Senate

Last modified on 2009-03-10 21:10:29 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

Many new policies and bills are going into affect with new administration. One current bump in the road includes a bill that prohibits any state agency from requiring farmers or ranchers to register farm animals. The bill opposing “The Freedom to Farm Act” passed on Feb. 11 did not gain enough support in the Senate committee.

The opposing bill was sponsored by Rep. Roy Ragland (R.). The bill is in response to the Department of Agriculture’s National Animal Identification System implemented after the mad-cow disease epidemic in 2003.

“It’s just going to be like a giant IRS keeping up with every animal,” Ragland said.

“The bill would prevent the state of Arkansa from implementing the national animal ID system in advance of any federal moves and also send a strong message to the USDA that the farmers in the state of Arkansas do not want this burden weighing on their shoulders,” he said.

The government’s intentions are not to put a burden on anyone. The idea behind the identification program is to have the ability to track illness back to its origin quickly and prevent further outbreaks.

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