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By Anne Marie Moss Guest columnist Anne Marie Moss is communications director at the Oregon Farm Bureau and shares insights gleaned since joining the organization in 2004.

Following up on his promise to reevaluate the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program and identify gaps in funding, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced Wednesday that USDA plans to distribute additional financial assistance to those who felt the impact of COVID-19 market disruptions. USDA says the new initiative—USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers—will reach a broader set… USDA will distribute $12 billion in COVID relief

RLI is also proud to recognize the accomplishments of the APEX National Broker of the Yearrecipients in each of the following eight distinct land categories: BROKER OF THE YEAR IN AG LAND SALES – CROPS 2020 APEX National Broker of the Year Winners: issuu.com Nation’s Top-Producing Land Agents Recognized by Realtors® Land Institute APEX Awards… 2020 RLI Broker of the Year (Cropland) – Skye Root

Farmers, researchers, meteorologists, and others now have access to high-resolution NASA data on soil moisture, thanks to a new tool developed by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service in collaboration with NASA and George Mason University. The tool, Crop Condition and Soil Moisture Analytics (Crop-CASMA), provides access to high-resolution data from NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive… NASA data powers new USDA Soil Moisture Portal

By Nikki Rogers, Skye Root & Brent Lawson Selling farmland for respectable prices requires effort, diligence, and target marketing. It can be easy to assume your farmland will bring top of market pricing as-is, but presentation and information are important. Having information like historical crop rotation, verifiable yield history, accurate water right information (depending on… Four Farmland Selling Tips