FSA Increases Lending Limit For Guaranteed Farm Loans
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) lending limit for guaranteed farm loans has been increased to $1,112,000, up from $1,094,000 in the previous fiscal year. This maximum represents the combined total guaranteed indebtedness a borrower may have with FSA for operating and farm ownership loans.

Wisconsin FSA Recognizes Its Top Lenders in 2009
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) Wisconsin State Executive Director, Brad Pfaff, recognizes the following lenders for their service to Wisconsin farmers. In 2009, these lenders were the leading participants of the FSA Loan Guarantee Program, providing financial tools to their rural customers.

Groundwater Models Shed Light on Wisconsin’s ‘Buried Treasure’
Teachers interested in expanding or improving their science education programs have an opportunity to receive a free groundwater model for their school.

‘Deal or No Deal’ Farm Financial Workshop
The “Deal or No Deal” workshop on managing farm profit margin will be held Nov. 6 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in room 214 of the Walworth County Government Center in Elkhorn. This program is offered by UW-Extension’s FARM (Farm and Risk Management) Team and the Center for Dairy Profitability.

Students’ Invention Turns a Skid Loader Into a Mobile Crane
An attachment that turns a skid-steer loader into a crane that can lift 3,500 pounds 40 feet in the air won top prize in a national design contest for its inventors, a team of undergrads in the UW-Madison biological systems engineering department.