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Agricultural Weather and Drought Update – 7/23/12

July 23, 2012 Brad Rippey, USDA Meteorologist, Office of the Chief Economist

Visit www.usda.gov/drought for the latest information regarding USDA’s Drought Disaster response and assistance. During the last week, much-needed rain developed across the northern and eastern Corn Belt and continued in the Southeast, stabilizing or even improving crop and pasture conditions. In...

Conservation

USDA Employees in Wisconsin Grill Year-Round to End Hunger

July 23, 2012 Yaseen Eldik, Truman Summer Institute Fellow, USDA Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships

What do bratwurst and USDA have in common? The ability to mobilize community members to donate to Feds Feed Families! On sizzling hot summer days in Madison, Wisconsin, employees of the Agricultural Research Service’s Dairy Forage Research Center fire up their grills with hot dogs, hamburgers...

Food and Nutrition

Technology Transfer to Private Sector Focus of USDA Event

July 23, 2012 Gail Keirn, APHIS Public Affairs, Fort Collins, CO

On August 7, 2012, USDA-APHIS National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) experts and representatives from other Federal research laboratories in northern Colorado will host a free, 1-day technology transfer fair for individuals interested in learning more about northern Colorado’s Federal research...

Animals Plants

USDA Rural Development and Habitat for Humanity Partner to Help a Kentucky Mom Build and Finance Her First Home

July 23, 2012 Katherine Belcher, Kentucky USDA Public Information Officer

History was made in a small rural Kentucky community last week as ground was broken on a new home in Morehead. This project marks the first time that USDA Rural Development and Habitat for Humanity have collaborated to help a formerly homeless single mother take her first steps toward becoming a...

Rural

USDA Community Facilities Funds Promote Student Fitness in South Dakota

July 23, 2012 Tammi Schone, South Dakota USDA Public Information Officer

The South Dakota Bon Homme School District #04-2 Mission Statement - “To ensure that our students have the resources to succeed in a changing world.” Hard work is continually being done with the focus placed on learning and commitment of excellence to serve the students who are our future leaders...

Rural