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Sauk Rapids Herald | Saturday, August 6, 2022
Applying for farm storage facility loans
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Serving rural Benton, Morrison, Mille Lacs and Kanabec counties
Farm Service Agency News by Ryan Brunn, executive director for Benton and Mille Lacs counties
The Farm Service Agency’s Farm Storage Facility Loan program provides low-interest nancing to help build or upgrade storage facilities and to purchase portable (new or used) structures, equipment and storage and handling trucks. Eligible commodities include corn; grain sorghum; soybean; oat; wheat; barley; rye; hay; honey; renewable biomass; fruits, nuts and vegetables for cold storage facilities; oriculture; hops; maple sap; milk, cheese, butter and yogurt; meat and poultry (unprocessed); eggs; and aquaculture (excluding systems that maintain live animals through uptake and discharge of water).
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PHOTOS BY NATASHA BARBER
(Above) A 290-pound Duroc breeding gilt named Autumn takes a drink before heading back into the show ring Aug. 2 at the Benton County Fairgrounds in Sauk Rapids. (Right) Elk River Critters 4-H’er, Roman Rudnitski holds up champion and reserve champion ribbons. Rudnitski received champion breeding gilt, reserve champion market barrow and reserve champion intermediate showman of the swine show.
Rudnitski headed to state fair with champion breeding gilt BY NATASHA BARBER | STAFF WRITER Radiant. Humble. Terri c. Charlotte, the spider, somehow got it right when describing pigs at the county fair. Autumn, a 290-pound Duroc gilt, t those descriptions and more when taking the stage at the 2022 Benton County 4-H Swine Show Aug. 2.
Rudnitski page 2B
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