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Community Guide - Agriculture and Farming

Farm Service Agency

Published 4/25/2009 in Community Guide - Agriculture

Through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Farm Service Agency administers and manages farm commodity, credit, conservation, disaster and loan programs laid out by Congress through a network of federal, state and county offices.

The programs are directly administered through the state and county offices. The offices certify farmers for farm programs and pay farm subsidies and disaster p ...

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Finney County 4-H

Published 4/25/2009 in Community Guide - Agriculture

According to 4-H and Finney County Extension, 4-H is a community of young people across the state engaged in learning, citizenship and life skills.

According to County Extension 4-H agent Barbara Addison, the county has eight 4-H community clubs and three project clubs, including horse, rabbit ...

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Finney County Extension Audio file with this story

Published 4/25/2009 in Community Guide - Agriculture

The Finney County Extension office offers information and events related to, among other topics, agriculture, home economics, youth development, family life, business and economics and healthy living.

The office is located at 501 S. Ninth St., but the agents extend themselves beyond the locati ...

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Southwest Research-Extension Center Audio file with this story

Published 4/25/2009 in Community Guide - Agriculture

The Southwest Research-Extension Center is one of the centers, along with the Hays, Tribune and Colby research and extension centers, making up the Western Kansas Agricultural Research Centers.

In 2007, the Southwest Research-Extension Center celebrated its centennial, with the first building ...

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