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Agricultural Weather and Drought Update – 8/16/12

August 16, 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. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor, dated August 14, indicates that some drought-affected areas of the United States have begun to turn the corner with respect to the historic drought of...

Conservation

Secretary Vilsack to Talk Drought Live Tonight From the Iowa State Fair

August 16, 2012 Bill Menner, USDA Rural Development State Director in Iowa

Tonight, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will join RURAL TV and RFD-TV live at the Iowa State Fair to discuss the U.S. Department of Agriculture's continuing efforts to assist farmers and ranchers impacted by drought. As part of continuing steps by the Obama Administration to assist livestock...

Conservation

Missouri USDA’s “Can” Do Attitude with Feds Feed Families

August 16, 2012 Allison Rich, USDA Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and Dana Rogge, Missouri FSA Public Affairs Specialist

The annual Feds Feed Families food drive is a summer-long effort, but USDA employees in Missouri donate to the Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri all year long. Eight years ago, Tara Griffin, a Missouri Farm Service Agency state office employee, took the initiative to organize USDA...

Food and Nutrition