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Lakeland Regional Sewer District Retains Officers For 2021

InkFreeNews.com Jan 21, 2021 avatarDavid Hazledine  Updated: Jan 21, 2021 @ 4:43 PM
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Lakeland Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees opened its first meeting of 2021 with a vote to retain officers from the previous year. They are: Jim Haney, board president; Jim Marcuccilli, vice president, assistant secretary; Mike DeWald, treasurer; Parke Smith, secretary.

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Posted in Breaking News, News | Tagged Astbury Water Technologies, DLZ Engineering, U.S. Department of Agriculture | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Hoosier Farmers Expect Little Profit As Crop Prices Slump

InkFreeNews.com Jul 10, 2020 avatarDan Spalding  Updated: Jul 10, 2020 @ 8:00 AM
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Farmers in Central Indiana say despite decent looking crops, they don’t expect to make much money this year as corn and soybean prices remain low due to huge disruptions in the agriculture market caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Posted in Around Us, Breaking News | Tagged Ag Economy Barometer, Kokomo Tribune, U.S. Department of Agriculture | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Food Banks Rise To Meet Increased Demand

InkFreeNews.com May 09, 2020 avatarDavid Hazledine  Updated: May 8, 2020 @ 3:08 PM
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Food insecurity was a problem in Indiana well before the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2018, roughly one million Hoosiers had limited or uncertain access to adequate food, above the national average.

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Posted in Breaking News, News | Tagged Food Bank of Northern Indiana, Indiana National Guard, Milford Elementary School, milford food bank, Pierceton Elementary School, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Warsaw Salvation Army, Wawasee Community School Corporation | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

More Corn In The Hoosier State In 2020

InkFreeNews.com Apr 01, 2020 avatarPress Release  Updated: Apr 1, 2020 @ 11:17 AM
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WEST LAFAYETTE — When Indiana farmers take to the fields later this spring, it appears they have plans to plant a lot more corn. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued its 2020 Prospective Plantings report, an early-season estimate of how many acres of major crops will be … Read More

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Posted in Breaking News, Community, News | Tagged Indiana, U.S. Department of Agriculture, West Lafayette | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

WCS To Host Summer Food Service Program

InkFreeNews.com May 01, 2018 avatarPress Release  Updated: May 1, 2018 @ 3:56 PM
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WARSAW — Warsaw Community School Corporation has announced plans to participate in the Summer Food Service Program. Free meals will be made available to all children 18 years of age and younger and to persons over 18 years who are enrolled in a state-approved educational program for the … Read More

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Posted in Archive 2017, Community | Tagged Summer Food Service Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Warsaw Community School Corporation | | Buy Photos | Contact Author
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Nomination of Farm Service Agency Committees To Begin

InkFreeNews.com Jun 15, 2016 avatarPress Release  Updated: Jun 15, 2016 @ 4:02 PM
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that the nomination period for farmers and ranchers to serve on local Farm Service Agency county committees begins Wednesday, June 15. “Through the county committees, farmers and ranchers have a voice. Their opinions and ideas get to be heard … Read More

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Posted in Business | Tagged Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C. | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

New WIC Income Guidelines Benefit Hoosiers

InkFreeNews.com May 10, 2016 avatarPress Release  Updated: May 10, 2016 @ 4:24 PM
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INDIANAPOLIS — More Indiana families may be eligible for nutrition benefits through the Women, Infants and Children program under revised federal poverty guidelines for 2016. WIC is a supplemental nutrition program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and managed by the Indiana State Department of Health. It … Read More

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Posted in Community | Tagged Cardinal Services, Kosciusko County WIC Program of Cardinal Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, WIC | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

TVSC Announces Summer Food Service Program

InkFreeNews.com May 04, 2016 avatarPress Release  Updated: May 4, 2016 @ 11:15 AM
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AKRON — The Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation today announced plans to participate in the Summer Food Service Program. Free meals will be made available to all children 18 years of age and under and to persons over 18 years who are enrolled in a state-approved educational program for … Read More

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Posted in Community | Tagged Summer Food Service Program, The Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation, U.S. Department of Agriculture | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Strategy To Focus On Regional Food Industries

InkFreeNews.com Oct 27, 2015 avatarGuest Author  Updated: Oct 27, 2015 @ 4:10 PM
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By Dan McGowan Writer/Reporter, Inside Indiana Business COLUMBIA CITY — A federal grant will help launch a study that could provide a clearer picture of opportunities connected to the food production and processing sectors in northeast Indiana. Funding for Wells County Revitalization Inc. will support creation of a Northeast … Read More

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Posted in Business | Tagged Columbia City, InSide Indiana Business, LaGrange County Economic Development corp, Northeast Indiana Regional Foodshed Development Strategy, Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership, Regional Cities, Rural Business Development Grant, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, Wells County Economic Development | | Buy Photos | Contact Author
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Whitley, Fulton Counties Eligible For Crop Damage Aide

InkFreeNews.com Sep 03, 2015 avatarDeb Patterson  Updated: Sep 3, 2015 @ 7:29 AM
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INDIANAPOLIS — Whitley and Fulton counties are among eight counties the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved, Wednesday, Sept. 2, a secretarial disaster declaration. The request was made by Gov. Mike Pence, Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann, and Indiana Farm Service Agency Executive Director Julia A. Wickard in a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack in August.

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Posted in Archive 2015, News | Tagged crop damage, excessive rain. Whitley County, flooding, Fulton County, secretarial disaster declaration, U.S. Department of Agriculture | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Kosciusko Amongst Counties For Requested Disaster Declaration

InkFreeNews.com Jul 31, 2015 avatarPress Release  Updated: Jul 31, 2015 @ 1:30 PM
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In a letter sent earlier this week to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, Governor Mike Pence requested a secretarial disaster declaration for 53 of Indiana’s 92 counties due to crop damage and losses caused by flooding and excessive rain since May 1 of this year. Kosciusko … Read More

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Posted in Archive 2015, News | Tagged Crop flood, crops, farming, flooding, floods, Julia A. Wickard, Koscuisk County, Mike Pence, State of Disaster, U.S. Department of Agriculture | | Buy Photos | Contact Author
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Sewer District Discusses Funding, Fees

InkFreeNews.com May 08, 2015 avatarJodi Magallanes  Updated: May 8, 2015 @ 1:01 PM
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Word is expected May 8 from the regional office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, on the funding needed to break ground on the multi-million dollar Lakeland Regional Sewer District project. The district’s board members said during their regular meeting Thursday night at the North Webster … Read More

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Posted in Archive 2015, News | Tagged Casey Erwin, Lakeland Regional Sewer district, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Louis Dreyfus Receiving Funds For Biofuel

InkFreeNews.com Mar 07, 2014 avatarPress Release  Updated: Mar 8, 2014 @ 4:26 PM
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Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Doug O’Brien announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture is making nearly $60 million in payments to 195 producers to support the production of advanced biofuel. Louis Dreyfus Agricultural Industries is one of the recipients. “These payments represent the Obama Administration’s commitment to support an … Read More

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Posted in Business, News | Tagged Advanced Biofuel Payment Program, biofuel, funds, Louis Dreyfus, U.S. Department of Agriculture | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

High Crop Expectation Diminished Following Heat

InkFreeNews.com Sep 03, 2013 avatarPress Release  Updated: Sep 3, 2013 @ 12:52 PM
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Hot, dry weather that has returned to Indiana is beginning to take its toll on the state’s corn and soybean crops, which Purdue Extension specialists said needed rain within days to keep them from deteriorating further. “A month ago I was very optimistic about the size of this … Read More

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Posted in Archive 2013, News | Tagged agriculture, corn, crops, Dev Niyogi, farmers, Kosciusko County, soybeans, State Climate Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, warsaw | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Drought Worsens in Some Areas

InkFreeNews.com Aug 03, 2012 avatarMichelle Sokol  Updated: Aug 3, 2012 @ 10:11 AM
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Despite recent rainfall across much of Indiana, the U.S. Drought Monitor update shows that some counties are still in “extreme drought.” Associate State Climatologist Ken Scheeringa said normal rainfall has returned to some areas, but precipitation has missed west central Indiana “over and over … Read More

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Posted in Business | Tagged drought, Drought Monitor, U.S. Department of Agriculture | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

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