AgrAbility News
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AT of the Month: Bump and Drive Gate
This month’s assistive technology item of the month is a Bump N’ Drive gate! The Bump N’ Drive gate allows you to “bump” your gate with your vehicle and open it without getting out.
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AT Item of the Month: HeatTrak Mats
This February, tell a farmer you love to get this month’s assistive technology item of the month HeatTrak mats! These warming mats allow you to warm up any doorway or sidewalk, melting dangerous ice patches and reducing the need to shovel snow. During the freezing winters of Wisconsin, these mats are great tools to not
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USDA Announces 2025 Enrollment Periods for Crop and Dairy Safety-Net Programs
Producers Can Enroll in the 2025 Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Programs Beginning Jan. 21 and Dairy Margin Coverage Beginning Jan. 29.
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AT Item of the Month: Lacing Systems
January’s assistive technology item of the month is a Lacing System.
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USDA Reminds Specialty Crop Growers of Jan. 31 Deadline for 2024 On-Farm Food Safety Certification Expenses
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds specialty crop producers that the deadline to enroll in the Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops (FSCSC) program for 2024 expenses is Jan. 31, 2025.
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New Marketing Assistance Now Available for Specialty Crop Producers
USDA Makes $2 Billion Available to Support Expansion of Current and Development of New Markets
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Assistive Technology Item of the Month: Battery-heated Hat
It’s time for the assistive technology item of the month! Stay warm in the cold weather with a battery-operated heat hat. Keeping your head warm while working outside in cold weather is essential. This hat has 3 heating levels and can be re-charged with a USB port. If you have a disability or injury and
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Slow Moving Vehicle signs, Free for farmers via AgrAbility of Wisconsin
Slow Moving Vehicle (SMV) signs are being distributed to Wisconsin farmers free of charge through an expanded partnership involving Marshfield Clinic Research Institute’s National Farm Medicine Center and AgrAbility of Wisconsin.
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2024 Farm Service Agency County Committee Elections Now Open
Return Ballots by December 2 MADISON, Nov. 18, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) mailed ballots last week for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections to all eligible agricultural producers and private landowners across the country. Elections are occurring in certain Local Administrative Areas (LAA) for these committee members who make important decisions about how federal farm programs
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USDA Extends Application Deadline for Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Until December 13
$58 Million Available, Program Improvements Include Increased Payment Rate and Production Cap MADISON, Nov. 18, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is extending the application deadline for the Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program (ODMAP) 2024 to Dec.13, 2024. This extension gives organic dairy producers two additional weeks to apply for the program. Eligible
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This material is based upon work supported by the AgrAbility of Wisconsin project award no. 2022-41590-38131 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.