
Executive Director’s Comments 2023
As many of you know, the Farm Bill is a multi-year law that governs an array of agricultural and food programs. It provides an opportunity for policymakers to comprehensively address agricultural and food issues.
As many of you know, the Farm Bill is a multi-year law that governs an array of agricultural and food programs. It provides an opportunity for policymakers to comprehensively address agricultural and food issues.
Today, however, he and his wife Karly have a burgeoning goat and cattle operation in the village of Burchard, Nebraska, six miles from the Kansas border.
While my family had no background in agriculture, my fascination with the land and its potential for growth and sustenance was undeniable.
The Farmer Veteran Coalition team continually receives many questions from our members about different programs the FSA offers. As a result, FVC created a webinar series to help navigate the ins and outs of this USDA division.
Kate Bowen has been heavily involved with Farmer Veteran Coalition for a decade, but she stepped into an even larger role in April as project manager with the national office.
Kubota Tractor Corporation today announced the selection of five new farmer veteran recipients of new Kubota equipment as part of its 2023 “Geared to Give” program in partnership with the Farmer Veteran Coalition
The U.S. Department of Agriculture opened applications for the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (22007) as a part of the Inflation Reduction Act on July 7, 2023, but the deadline to request needed documents from the USDA or FSA is September 6, 2023.
What a summer it has been! Our state chapters have impressed with their flurry of activities. I want to thank the chapter leadership teams for raising awareness of our mission and the needs of our Farmer Veteran community through involvement with public events, media outlets, social media, collaboration with their local Veteran service organizations, and faith communities.
In the spring of 2021, he built eight hives, and in order to keep costs down, constructed nearly all of them from recycled shipping material.
Post-service, they became corporate executives in the oil and gas industry in manufacturing and capital project development. But on that plane flight emerged a new topic.