USDA releases new farming programs
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack recently unveiled highly anticipated new programs to help farmers better manage risk, ushering in one of the most significant reforms to U.S. farm programs in decades.
Vilsack also announced that new tools are now available to help provide farmers the information they need to choose the new safety net program that is right
USDA expands access to credit
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will improve farm loans by expanding eligibility and increasing lending limits to help more beginning and family farmers. As part of this effort, USDA is raising the borrowing limit for the microloan program from $35,000 to $50,000; simplify the lending processes; updating required “farming experience” to
Safeway wins waste disposal award
The Glencoe Award Program selected Safeway Industrial Service LLC for the 2014 Best of Glencoe Award in the Hazardous Waste Disposal category. Safeway held a ribbon cutting on Monday, Oct. 6 for its new universal management waste program. The program allows people to safely dispose of unsafe waste many businesses don’t realize are unsafe. The biggest example is fluorescent lights,
Lay Dam has rich history
By Bill Tharpe
At the end of the 19th century, Alabama was an agricultural state. Houses were lit by candles, kerosene or gas lamps and many folks went to bed when it got dark. A few industries and towns had dynamos that provided street lighting and limited electricity. Montgomery and Birmingham had electric streetcars. But a few Alabama dreamers had a