Last resort farm loans may be cut
Washington AP report notes direct Farm Home Administration lending, lender of last resort to over 132,000 farmers, faces cuts as GAO high-risk findings prompt reviews by House and Senate Agriculture committees. Debt losses total roughly 15 billion from 1976 to 1993. shifts toward guaranteed loans and farm credit system recovery are shaping reform debates.
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Washington
House
Senate Agriculture Committees
Farmers Home Administration
New Consolidated Farm Service Agency
General Accounting Office
Congressional
Fmha
GAO
John W. Harman
Congress
Richard G. Lugar
Rind
Senate Agriculture Committee
House Agriculture Committee
Milk promotion at Whitetail Ski Resort in Mercersburg
Local dairy farmers and the Middle Atlantic Milk Marketing Association promoted milk this past weekend at Whitetail Ski Resort in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. Frederick County Dairy Princess Shannon Harrison and South Central Dairy Princess Cheryl Leishear handed hot chocolate to skiers while Carroll County Dairy Princess Tanya Stambaugh and Maryland Dairy Princess Heidi Hauser skied during the day long event.
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Middle Atlantic Milk Marketing Association
Whitetail
Mercersburg
Frederick County
Shannon Harrison
Cheryl Leishear
Carroll County
Tanya Stambaugh
Maryland
Heidi Hauser
Free Ag in the Classroom workshop invites Frederick teachers
Frederick County elementary teachers are invited to a free four week Ag in the Classroom traveling workshop at Frederick High School from February 7 to 28, 4:30 to 7:30 pm. The program, run by the Maryland Education Center for Agriculture, Science and Technology, aims to integrate hands on agriculture concepts into core subjects and includes take home materials and project ideas. It emphasizes crops this year with activities on corn vegetables fruits soybeans and grains and ties to MSPAP standards. The workshop is funded by MAEF and adds to the summer ASTC program with no replacement.
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Frederick
Frederick High School
Frederick County
Maryland Education Center For Agriculture, Science and Technology
County Agriculture Community
ASTC
Bob Keenan
Maryland Agriculture Center For Agriculture, Science and Technology
Agriculture
AITC
Maryland
Keenan
Tonjin Mayne
Singanore High School
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Kelly Halu
Biggs Ford Road
Walkersville
Rebecca Long
Mayne
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland Agriculture Education Foundation
U.S
MAEF
Qld
Annapolis Road
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