Richard Fordyce

The USDA is issuing $1.68 billion in payments to agricultural producers and landowners for the 21.9 million acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program. Announced Thursday, the payments provide annual rental payment for land devoted to conservation purposes ...

Even if lawmakers have not forged an agreement on a short-term government spending bill, keeping the federal government running through mid-December, Round 2 of the Coroniavirus Food Assistance Program, CFAP, would have still continued. "The money to fund CFAP 2 was part of the CARES Act and their was language in their that replenished CCC to the tune of $14 billion dollars and it was directe

Farmers, if you want to update your yields for the Price Loss Coverage program, and haven't done so, you only have a few days left to do it. USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator, Richard Fordyce, said farmers and landowners have not had the change to update those yields since 2014 and a lot can change in six years.  ...

The FSA is reminding growers that the deadline to apply for PLC is just around the corner. FSA head Richard Fordyce says those interested in participating in the Price Loss Coverage program need to do so by September 30th. Between now and then, producers need to update their yields, which are used to calculate those PLC payments ...

A pilot program to provide service for urban and suburban Ag areas, will have locations starting this fall in cities like Portland, Cleveland, Albuquerque and Philadelphia. FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce noted that interested citizens and stakeholders can learn more about urban-based FSA country committees, and the newly-established Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production within

To make the application process easier, the FSA is encouraging farmers to apply for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program on-line. "We also have some new tools that we're able to work with producers through a digital environmental," said FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce ...

The FSA accepted more than 1.2 million acres in the Conservation Reserve Program Grasslands during the recent signup. The number of acres offered during signup was 1.9 million, more than three times the number offered during the last signup period in 2016 ...

The Farm Service Agency will take applications for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, CFAP, through an online portal. The agency’s goal is to expand the options available to producers to apply for the program, which helps offset price declines and additional marketing costs because of the coronavirus pandemic. FSA ...

Producers, if you are eligible to enroll in either of the Farm Bill farm safety net crop programs, Agricultural Risk coverage, or price loss coverage and you have not yet done so for 2020, don't wait. The sign-up deadline is June 30th ...

The FSA says safety-net signup for 2021 Dairy Margin Coverage begins on October 12th and runs through December 11th of this year. DMC has already triggered payments for two months for those producers who signed up for 2020 coverage. “If we’ve learned anything in the past six months, it’s to expect the unexpected,” says FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce. “Nobody would have ima ...