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WILLMAR -- According to the findings of a recent study released by the U.S.

WILLMAR -- Spring planting may be several months away, but farmers are already making preparations for the 2010 growing season. Part of those preparations may include putting together a financial...

WILLMAR -- Authorized by the 2008 farm bill, the Average Crop Revenue Election program is the first federal income-support program to be based on revenue and planted acres.

WILLMAR -- The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to assist the U.S.

WILLMAR -- Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that farmers who suffered crop production or crop quality losses during the 2008 crop year can now apply for...

WILLMAR -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a conditional license to Pfizer Animal Health, of Lincoln, Neb., for a pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine to vaccinate pigs against the...

WILLMAR -- As authorized by Congress in the 2010 Agricultural Appropriations Act, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is issuing $290 million in economic loss assistance payments to assist our nation's...

WILLMAR -- According to the latest forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, net farm income in 2009 is expected to total $57 billion in 2009, down $30 billion or...

WILLMAR -- Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture have announced that signup for the 2010 Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment program and the Average Crop Revenue Election program is now...

Strategic animal ag conference is Jan. 14 and 15 WILLMAR -- The 2010 Strategic Animal Ag Conference, sponsored by the Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economic Development Commission, Minnesota...

WILLMAR -- Scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and their colleagues have successfully completed a four-year effort to sequence the genome of corn, also known and sometimes referred to...

WILLMAR -- Extremely wet field conditions this fall resulted in many local farmers having to delay harvest activity. In some cases, farmers may have to wait until the ground freezes...

WILLMAR -- According to data recently released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, approximately 8 percent of the total number of farms in the United States enrolled in the new...

WILLMAR -- Ballots for the 2009 Farm Service Agency county committee election were recently mailed to all eligible voters. The deadline to return the ballots to local FSA offices, either...