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Find AGW-certified gifts and products here Gifts from our certified farmers Looking for ideas for those last few names on your holiday gift list? Great news: many of our certified farmers offer products that you can order online! Grab some skincare products made from Certified Animal Welfare Approved by AGW goats milk, yarn from Certified …

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Secretary Perdue Hosts Former Secretaries of Agriculture at USDA

Perdue meets with former Secretaries of Agriculture View as a webpage Press Release Secretary Perdue Hosts Former Secretaries of Agriculture at USDA (Washington, D.C., December 14, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue met with four former U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture today at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Those in attendance included former Secretaries …

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Happy Holidays, Facebook fundraiser, your directory listings, farm-to-farm sales & more

December Focus On Farming from A Greener World December 2018 Warmest wishes to you all this holiday season! Dear Friends, We hope that 2018 has treated you well and that you have a very merry start to 2019! During this time of year, we reflect on how grateful we are to work with farmers, ranchers, …

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Loans Available to Cotton Producers to Help Offset Delayed Ginning

USDA offers recourse seed cotton marketing assistance loans to provide interim financing while you wait. Trouble viewing this email? View it as a webpage. Loans Available to Cotton Producers to Help Offset Delayed Ginning This year’s adverse weather and increased cotton acres may mean it’s taking you a little longer to get your cotton ginned. …

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USDA Launches New Program to Create High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity in Rural America

Ag Sec Sonny Perdue announced USDA is offering up to $600 mil in loans and grants to help build broadband infrastructure in rural America View as a webpage Press Release USDA Launches New Program to Create High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity in Rural America WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2018 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that the …

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USDA Statement on President Trump’s EO Establishing a White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council

Perdue praises Opportunity and Revitalization Council View as a webpage Press Release USDA Statement on President Trump’s EO Establishing a White House White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (Washington, D.C., Dec 12, 2018) – Anne Hazlett, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development, today applauded President Donald Trump for establishing …

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Statement of Secretary Perdue on Passage of the Farm Bill

Perdue encourages POTUS to sign Farm Bill View as a webpage Press Release Statement of Secretary Perdue on Passage of the Farm Bill (Washington, D.C., December 12, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today hailed the passage of the 2019 Farm Bill. The House of Representatives approved the conference report on the bill …

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USDA, WGA Collaborative to Address Land Management Challenges

USDA and WGA Memorandum of Understanding View as a webpage Press Release USDA, WGA Collaborative to Address Land Management Challenges (Waimea, HI, December 12, 2018) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to “establish a framework to allow the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) …

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Deputy Secretary Censky To Travel to Iowa TOMORROW

Censky to speak to Iowa Soybean and hold roundtable View as a webpage Media Advisory (Washington, D.C., December 12, 2018) – U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Steve Censky will be in Des Moines, Iowa TOMORROW, Thursday, December 13th to deliver the keynote address at the Iowa Soybean Association Annual Policy Conference and hold a roundtable …

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