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County Extension

  • Talking Ag

    Pasture Renovation

        All county and area forage producers are reminded that now is the time to be taking steps to renovate those straight grass pastures. Adding legumes like white clover, red clover and annual lespedeza is one of the easiest ways to add quality to that forage. Let’s take a look at some of the benefits.

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  • USDA

    USDA ANNOUNCES CRP GENERAL SIGN-UP
        The U.S. Department of Agricultural (USDA) will conduct a four-week Conservation Reserve program (CRP) general signup beginning on March 12 and ending on April 6. CRP has a 25-year legacy of successfully protecting the nation’s natural resources through voluntary participation, while providing significant economic and environmental benefits to rural communities across the United States.

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  • USDA

    GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND ADDITIONAL TOOLS FOR BEGINNING FARMERS AND RANCHERS

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  • Talking Ag

    Forestry Educational Program Slated
        The Morgan County Forestry Development Association will have their quarterly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 at 6 p.m. at the Farm Bureau Building in Wartburg. The meeting will start with the usual covered dish dinner at 6 p.m. - spaghetti and salad being provided by the board members.  Members wishing to help with the meal can bring a side dish or desert.  

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  • Litter Prevention

        I think Morgan County is such a beautiful place to live and visit. We have so many people from other counties come to enjoy Frozen Head Park and our rivers to fish and camp. I’m the new Supervisor for the Morgan County Litter Crew. I take two county inmates on our county roads, state roads and river access areas to pick up litter.

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  • USDA

    AVERAGE ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME, 2009-2012

        The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill) requires the implementation of the average adjusted gross income (AGI) limitations for program eligibility for the 2009-2012 program years. The average AGI provisions are applicable to the majority of programs administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

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  • USDA

    AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK ANNOUNCES BLUEPRINT FOR STRONGER SERVICE TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY IN USDA OPERATION STREAMLINED, MODERNIZED DEPARTMENT CENTRAL TO 21ST CENTURY USDA

        The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must be built to meet the evolving needs of a 21st  century agricultural economy, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in presenting USDA’s Blueprint for Stronger Service, a plane that helps producers continue to drive America’s economy by streamlining operations and cutting cost.

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  • Talking Ag

    Tennessee Horticulture Expo
        The Tennessee Horticulture Expo is slated for January 26-28 in Nashville at the Nashville Airport Marriott. This year’s Horticultural Expo will feature educational sessions, networking opportunities, a trade show and association meetings for fruit and vegetable producers, flower growers, viticulturists, winemakers, farmers market leaders and agritourism operators.

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  • USDA

    USDA DESIGNATES 14 COUNTIES AS PRIMARY NATURAL DISASTER AREAS, WITH ASSISTANCE TO FARMERS AND RANCHERS IN ADJACENT STATES

        The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 14 counties in Tennessee as primary  natural disaster areas due to losses caused by drought and excessive heat that occurred from May 1, 2011, through October 31, 2011.
        Those counties are: Blount, Cumberland, Fayette, Fentress, Haywood, Loudon, McMinn, Macon, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott and Wilson.

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  • USDA

    USDA DESIGNATES 14 COUNTIES AS PRIMARY NATURAL DISASTER AREAS, WITH ASSISTANCE TO FARMERS AND RANCHERS IN ADJACENT STATES

        The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 14 counties in Tennessee as primary  natural disaster areas due to losses caused by drought and excessive heat that occurred from May 1, 2011, through October 31, 2011.
        Those counties are: Blount, Cumberland, Fayette, Fentress, Haywood, Loudon, McMinn, Macon, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott and Wilson.

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