Articles tagged under: Zach Ducheneaux

Risk Management for Livestock Producers

Published February 10, 2023

During the Senate Agriculture Committee hearing, North Dakota Senator John Hoeven asked Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux for ways to improve risk management for livestock producers. "Our livestock programs lag behind our crop programs by virtue of being newer so…
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Emergency Relief Program Phase Two Coming Soon

Published September 17, 2022

Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux tells the Red River Farm Network the second phase of the Emergency Relief Program and the Emergency Livestock Relief Program will be rolled out at the same time, likely this fall. The details of…
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Flexibility Advocated by FSA Administrator

Published August 25, 2022

Applications are going out to more than 18,000 farmers for Phase One of the Emergency Relief Program. Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux said that will include the Supplemental Coverage Option and STAX payments that were not part of the…
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Trying to Fix Emergency Relief Program Hiccups

Published June 29, 2022

The USDA knows there were a few hiccups in the implementation of the Emergency Relief Program. "The AGI-related issues, we're looking to the flexibility in the regulations for that," said Zach Ducheneaux, Administrator, Farm Service Agency. "Some of the tax…
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WHIP+ Timeline Discussed

Published March 12, 2022

USDA’s Risk Management Agency Administrator Marcia Bunger and Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux joined the National Association of Wheat Growers for a Q&A session at the Commodity Classic. Minnesota Wheat Growers President Mike Gunderson asked Ducheneaux about the timeline…
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Reviewing the 2018 Farm Bill to Develop New Policy

Published February 2, 2022

In preparation for the next farm bill, the House Agriculture Committee is reviewing current policies. Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux and Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Terry Cosby testified for the conservation and forestry subcommittee this past week. Ducheneaux…
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Conservation Reserve Program Sign-Up Open

Published January 31, 2022

Sign-up opens on Monday, January 31 and runs through March 11 for the Conservation Reserve Program. "We hope to build on the growing enrollment we had last year in the program," said Zach Ducheneaux, administrator, Farm Service Agency. General CRP helps…
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Place Moves From MN Ag Department to FSA

Published January 19, 2022

Whitney Place is on the job as the new state executive director of the Minnesota Farm Service Agency. Her first interview in this role was with the Red River Farm Network. In her new role, Place will be working closely…
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