USDA designates 11 Minnesota counties as primary natural disaster areas
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The Reuben Youngerberg Memorial Biodiesel Scholarship is open to any Minnesota high school senior and offers a $1,600 first-place and $500 second-place award to the winners of an essay contest about biodiesel. Rules and an online entry form can be found at www.cleanairchoice.org. This year’s scholarships are given in memory of the late father of Mike Youngerberg, senior director of field services for the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association. Reuben Youngerberg owned a farm in Blue Earth County, where he held a number of board positions in local agriculture organizations. The scholarship is administered by the American Lung Association in Minnesota.The scholarship is sponsored by the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council, with additional support from the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association, National Biodiesel Board, MEG Corp. and Renewable Energy Group Inc. ■ The Alumni Association of the Southern School of Agriculture and the University of Minnesota, Waseca, is offering three types of scholarships. Two $500 scholarships will be awarded to any former graduate or former student of SSA or UMW and is pursuing a two-year, four-year, or graduate degree. Five $100 scholarships will be awarded to any former UMW or SSA graduate to attend a seminar or short course. Two $500 scholarships will be awarded to any child or grandchild of alum. Scholarship application deadline is Jan. 10. Criteria and information on how to apply is available on the internet at http://sroc.cfans.umn.edu/UMWSSA/index.htm or write to the Alumni Scholarship Committee, Southern Research and Outreach Center, 35838 120th St., Waseca, MN 56093-4521.
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North Dakota: Richland South Dakota: Deuel, Grant, Roberts All counties listed above were designated natural disaster areas Oct. 25, making all qualified farmers in the designated areas eligible for low-interest emergency loans from the USDA’s Farm Service Agency, provided eligibility requirements are met. Farmers in eligible counties have eight months from the date of the declaration to apply for loans to help cover part of their actual losses. The FSA will consider each loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability. The FSA has a variety of programs, in addition to the EM loan program, to help eligible farmers recover from adversity. The USDA also has made other programs available to assist farmers and ranchers, including the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program, which was approved as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008; the Emergency Conservation Program; Federal Crop Insurance; and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program. Interested farmers may contact their local USDA Service Centers for further information on eligibility requirements and application procedures for these and other programs. Additional information is also available online at http://disaster.fsa.usda.gov. ••• This article was submitted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 11 counties in Minnesota as natural disaster areas due to the combined effects of excessive rain, excessive heat, high winds, tornadoes and an early fall frost that occurred between April 1 and Sept. 15. Those counties are Big Stone, Chippewa, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Redwood, Renville, Sibley, Stearns, Stevens, Traverse and Wright. “Minnesota producers can continue to count on the USDA to provide emergency assistance during difficult times,” said USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. “America’s farmers and rural communities are vitally important to our nation’s economy, producing the food, feed, fiber and fuel that continue to help us grow and out-compete the rest of the world. President Obama and I are committed to using the resources at our disposal to reduce the impact of this disaster on Minnesota producers and help to get those affected back on their feet.” Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in Minnesota also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous. Anoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Douglas, Hennepin, Kandiyohi, Le Sueur, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Morrison, Murray, Nicollet, Otter Tail, Pope, Scott, Sherburne, Swift, Todd, Wilkin and Yellow Medicine. Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in North Dakota and South Dakota also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous.
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