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Dec 11

STIMULUS PACKAGE INCLUDES AID FOR FARMERS

March 23, 2020 By Ken Anderson The massive economic stimulus package being discussed in the Senate includes funding for another round of Market Facilitation Program payments, along with aid for cattle producers. That’s according to North Dakota Senator John Hoeven, who chairs the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee. He is leading... read more →

December 11, 2014
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Dec 11

As groceries fly off shelves, farmers worry about next season’s crop

By Sarah Vogelsong | March 25, 2020 at 6:49 AM EDT In Pittsylvania County, in the heart of Southside tobacco country, farmer Robert Mills’ greenhouse is full of seedlings ready to be transplanted. Mills, however, is uncertain about whether he should put them into the ground. “We have to make... read more →

December 11, 2014
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Oct 13

Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization. Daniel Webster