FLAG’s Farmers’ Guide to Carbon Contracts is designed to help farmers understand carbon market contracts and make an informed decision about whether to agree to a carbon contract. In a carbon market contract, a farmer agrees to adopt certain farming practices that are expected to keep carbon in the ground or draw carbon from the […]

FLAG is issuing a revised version of Farmers’ Guide to County Committee Elections in the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA). The revisions place additional emphasis on the need for election nominees to use the most current FSA nomination form. They also elaborate on the use of email to memorialize conversations and decisions made by FSA […]

PLEASE Note – the link to this version of the guide has now been removed. SEE UPDATED GUIDE published on our website in February 2025 FLAG has published a new guide entitled Farmers’ Guide to County Committee Elections in the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA). The Guide explains the rules governing the election of FSA […]

Professional Development Webinar Series Helping Family Farmers Through Financial Distress and Disputes A free four-part series on Zoom September 25-October 2, 2024 It is often said that credit is the lifeblood of farming. In general, many farmers borrow money in the spring to plant, tend, and harvest their crops. Farmers plan to repay their creditors […]

The Fourth Edition of FLAG’s Farmers’ Guide to Minnesota Lending Law is out now. Farmers, farm advocates, farm attorneys, and others, please consult, download, print, or share the guide for free. If you have any legal questions about lending or credit as Minnesota farmers prepare for the 2024 harvest season and beyond, please do not hesitate to […]

Now available in Spanish – Farmers’ Guide to USDA Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP) Third Edition Thanks to our partner Rural Coalition, we now have a Spanish translation of FLAG’s current comprehensive guide to DFAP. Spanish Farmers’ Guide to USDA Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP)Third-Edition Nov 8-2023

On July 7, 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that the USDA Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP) was open. FLAG has created a brief Guide and a longer Guide to this program. This third edition of the brief guide highlights two extended deadlines: Deadline for farmers to apply for the program is […]

On July 7, 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the USDA Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP). The Program, which was created by Section 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act, makes $2.2 billion available for “discrimination financial assistance” to farmers who can show that they experienced discrimination in USDA Farm Loan Programs. FLAG […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on September 22, 2023 that the deadline to apply for the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP) has been extended to January 13, 2024, to give eligible farmers, ranchers and forest landowners more time to apply for assistance. The original deadline was October 31, 2023.  In addition to the application deadline […]

DEADLINES EXTENDED DFAP application deadline: Jan. 13, 2024 USDA documents request deadline: Nov. 3, 2023 Guide update coming soon ———- On July 7, 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that the USDA Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP) was open and FLAG created a brief Guide to this program. This brief Farmers’ Guide to […]