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Crop Insurance
USDA Risk Management Agency Announces Emergency Claim Procedures for New York Apple Growers Following Spring Freeze

Following the devastating spring freeze that damaged apple orchards across key production regions, USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) has announced emergency procedures to accelerate crop insurance claim processing and indemnity payments for impacted New York apple growers.  

July 8, 2026

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Farm Funders Accepting Applications to Support Northeast Farmers Markets

Farm Funders is now accepting applications for its Farmers Market Grant program. Interested farmers markets may apply through May 15.

April 28, 2025

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Farm Funders Contributes $100,000 to Northeast Food Security Initiatives

Farm Funders recently announced it contributed $100,000 to Northeast food security initiatives as part of the Food Access Infrastructure Initiative. The Urban Agriculture Cooperative, based in Newark, New Jersey, and the Burlington Food Pantry, located in Burlington, Maine, each received $50,000 to improve infrastructure and help mitigate food insecurity. 

March 12, 2025

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Apply for a Farm Funders Higher Education Scholarship by March 20

Farm Funders is currently accepting scholarship applications from high school seniors and college students with career aspirations in agriculture, commercial fishing and the forest products industries from across the association’s eight-state territory. Applications are due by March 20.

March 05, 2025

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Farm Funders Celebrates National FFA Week with Scholarships to Local FFA Students

In honor of National FFA Week taking place February 15-22, Farm Funders has announced its awarding of nine scholarships to students involved in The National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Organization to support their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE). The scholarship recipients had strong projects and expressed a clear understanding of their projects’ impacts on their future careers in agriculturally related fields. 

February 18, 2025

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