The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that beginning in April it will provide approximately $123 million in additional, automatic financial assistance for qualifying farm loan program borrowers who are facing financial risk, as part of the $3.1 billion to help distressed farm loan borrowers that was provided through Section 22006 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Results of sale Saturday, March 25, 2023 - 890 head

The Fannin Agricultural Association, Inc. is announcing their first annual Steaks on Main Ribeye Cook-off and dinner will be on April 1, 2023 at the Fannin County Courthouse on 101 E Sam Rayburn Drive, Bonham, TX 75418. A concert headlined by Jason Boland & The Stragglers will be held in the evening beginning at 8:30 p.m. on the Bonham square. The concert is free to attend.

The Collin County Soil & Water Conservation District is sponsoring a spring wildflower planting program now through June 1, or while supplies last. One-pound bags of Spring Texas native wildflower seed mix are available for $30 per pound and contain 20 different species, including Back-eyed Susan, coneflowers, Gayfeather, milkweeds, Indian Blanket and Mexican Hat.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds agricultural producers with perennial forage crops of an option to report their acreage once, without having to report that acreage in subsequent years, as long as there are no applicable changes on the farm.

The paper and electronic versions of the simplified direct loan application became available March 1, 2023. 

Qualified producers will receive assistance for installing conservation practices such as filter strips, cover crops, prescribed grazing, riparian buffers, field borders and manure management, which promote soil health, reduce erosion and lesson nutrient runoff.

The soils from Collin County are in the zone known as the Blackland Prairie. This zone runs from San Antonio up to north of Dallas. In past times, the area used to be a prairie with tall grasses. (Tambien en Español)

Results of sale Monday, March 20, 2023 - 1,286 head

...looking at fertilization as part of a nutrient management system.

"Agricultural law is such an important topic for Texas landowners," said Tiffany Lashmet, J.D., AgriLife Extension agriculture law specialist, Amarillo.

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