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USDA updates measures to help rural communities

Thursday, April 2, 2020 1:00 AM

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development has taken immediate actions to help rural residents, businesses and communities affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.
There are several opportunities for immediate relief for borrowers with USDA single-family housing loans in rural areas.
Effective March 19, borrowers with USDA single-family housing Direct and Guaranteed loans are subject to a moratorium on foreclosure and eviction for a period of 60 days. This action applies to the initiation of foreclosures and evictions and to the completion of foreclosures and evictions in process.
Agriculture groups call on lawmakers to support farmers during coronavirus pandemic

Thursday, April 2, 2020 1:00 AM

Forty-eight agriculture groups are calling on Congress to expand USDA’s borrowing authority under the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Congress must act to ensure the CCC has the authority and funding to assist farmers and ranchers facing serious cash flow challenges during the coronavirus pandemic.
Things to put on your pre-breeding season checklist

Thursday, April 2, 2020 1:00 AM

As many producers wrap up calving season, it’s time to switch gears and start thinking about next year’s calf crop.
“Do things twice as well as you need to because the little mistakes at every point can really add up.”
That’s the advice George Perry, a beef reproduction specialist at South Dakota State University (SDSU), often gives to cow-calf producers as they prepare their herds - and their management tactics — for breeding season. Here are some things to put on your pre-breeding checklist:
A person with dementia is far more than the disease

Thursday, April 2, 2020 1:00 AM

Dementia, cognitive decline and forgetfulness, is an umbrella term.
Underneath that umbrella is Alzheimer’s disease (50-75%), vascular dementia (20-30%), Lewy body (10-25%), and frontotemporal (10-25%) plus many other less prevalent forms.
You will notice that the percentages vary greatly. That is because physicians just aren’t sure plus many individuals are not diagnosed — properly or at all.
Teachers staying positive through COVID-19 closure

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 1:00 AM

Although hallways and classrooms remain void of students, teachers within the LCSD are hard at work engaging students from afar, and celebrating special days in the midst of these uncertain times. Below are just a few of ways teachers have made lemons into lemonade.
Car dealerships considered ‘essential’ and can operate during business shutdown

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 1:00 AM

Gov. Steve Sisolak’s office says that franchised car dealerships are allowed to continue operating in a limited manner through the state’s 30-day nonessential business shutdown, but must comply with social distancing protocols and other requirements to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
A spokeswoman for Nevada Health Response — the state’s centralized agency for tracking and responding to COVID-19 — confirmed to The Nevada Independent on Thursday that car dealerships can continue operating during the business shutdown, even though they are not explicitly mentioned in emergency regulations outlining the types of businesses allowed to continue operations.
USDA announces more than 3.4 million acres selected for general signup Conservation Reserve Program

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 1:00 AM

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the acceptance of more than 3.4 million acres in the general Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) signup recently completed, the first general signup enrollments since 2016. County offices will begin notifying producers with accepted offers no later than April 3.
Nevada Interrupted: How businesses and workers are adapting to pandemic’s realities

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 1:00 AM

Casinos locked their doors, small businesses sent emails notifying customers they would be closing because of COVID-19, and lawmakers urged citizens to purchase gift cards as a way to support local shops.
Guns and ammunition sellers allowed to operate, exempted in law from ‘nonessential’ business shutdown

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 1:00 AM

An emergency directive and subsequent regulations that outline the types of businesses considered ‘essential’ or ‘nonessential’ in Gov. Steve Sisolak’s shutdown order did not mention one major industry — businesses that sell firearms and ammunition.
That’s because under a state law passed in 2007, the state government is explicitly prohibited from confiscating firearms or adopting any policies that impose “additional restrictions as to the lawful possession, transfer, sale, carrying, storage, display or use of” firearms, ammunition or firearm components in a declared state of emergency.
Nevada Department of Ag issues a recommended list of essential businesses

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 1:00 AM

The Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) issued a comprehensive list of businesses essential to the agricultural industry as a response to Governor Sisolak’s recommendation that that all non-essential businesses in Nevada close for 30 days.
On Tuesday evening, the governor ordered the closure of nonessential businesses to close at noon Wednesday, March 18.
However, there was some confusion across the state as to which businesses are considered to be essential and which are not especially when it comes to food production.

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