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QUÉ ES EL SEGURO DEL NAP Y CÓMO OBTENERLO

September 5, 2023
El Programa de Asistencia por Desastre para Cultivos no Asegurados (NAP), administrado por la Agencia de Servicios Agrícolas (FSA) del Departamento de Agricultura de Estados Unidos (USDA), ofrece asistencia financiera a productores y productoras de cultivos no asegurables* cuando un desastre natural impide la siembra de cultivos u ocasiona pérdidas de la producción o la cosecha.
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FSA Forms to Have on File and Why

February 22, 2023
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) provides a wide range of programs and services for farmers, such as farm loans, disaster relief programs, and conservation programs. In this blog, we share the benefits of having an active FSA record and some tips for how to do so.
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What is ECP (Emergency Conservation Program)?

January 7, 2022
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) provides emergency funding and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland/ conservation structures that are damaged by natural disasters and implement emergency water conservation measures in periods of severe drought.
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What is LIP (Livestock Indemnity Program)?

January 7, 2022
LIP provides benefits to eligible livestock owners or contract growers for livestock deaths in excess of normal mortality caused by eligible loss conditions, including eligible adverse weather, eligible disease, and attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government or protected by federal law.
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We’re Here for You: RAFI-USA’s Farmer Hotline

August 28, 2020
Farming presents many challenges, and so often, these challenges are out of a farmer's control. Natural disasters, droughts, low yield, low prices — worldwide pandemics — all can seem overwhelming. RAFI-USA’s Farmer Hotline is staffed by Benny Bunting, and Craig Watts, Monday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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Get to Know Your Elected Officials

October 18, 2019
As a constituent rooted in your community, you’re an expert - and you bring authenticity a professional lobbyist cannot. When done right, in-person visits are one of the most effective ways to make your voice heard - especially if you visit multiple times.
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A Food System Built for Inequity

October 14, 2019
During the period of October 14-18, 2019, RAFI-USA’s Come to the Table team published a series of blog posts in recognition of Global Food Week of Action. This is part of that series.
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Big Chicken Companies Own or Control Everything Except the Farm, But Why?

July 14, 2016
Ninety-seven percent of the chicken we eat is produced by a farmer under contract with a big chicken company. In 2015, people consumed 112,000,000 metric tons of chicken globally. That’s an unfathomable quantity. So here’s one way to visualize it: That amounts the weight of two-thirds of all the cars on the road today in the United States—in chickens.  
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