Commodity Loans Available for Farmers

March 12, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Commodity loans are currently available for producers of corn, wheat, and soybeans who have crop year 2019 commodities in storage. Applicants must meet all eligibility requirements before receiving these USDA benefits. To be eligible, a producer must maintain continual beneficial interest in the crop from harvest through the earlier of the date the loan is repaid or CCC takes title to the commodity. Beneficial interest means retaining the ability to make decisions about the commodity; responsibility for loss or damage to the commodity; and title to the commodity. Once beneficial interest in a commodity is lost, the commodity is ineligible for loan – even if the producer regains beneficial interest.

These loans provide producers with immediate financing on their stored commodities held as loan collateral. Instead of selling the crop immediately after harvest, these loans allow the producer to store the crop for a maximum of 9 months to allow for market gains in the event of a depressed market at the time of harvest. Applicants should allow 3-4 workdays for processing and disbursing the loan proceeds.

Loans can be approved beginning at harvest and until March 31 for wheat and, until May 31 for corn and soybeans. The 2020 crop year commodity loans rates for DeKalb and Cannon Counties are as follows:
Corn—$2.31 / bu.
Soybeans—$6.36/ bu.
Wheat—$3.33/ bu.

The CCC interest rate for marketing assistance loans changes each month. For March 2020,
the interest rate is 2.50%.

Violating provisions of a marketing assistance loan may trigger administrative actions, such as assessing liquidated damages, calling the loan and denial of future farm-stored loans.

For more information, call the DeKalb/Cannon County Farm Service Agency at 615-597-8225, extension 2.

March 12, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The Harlem Wizards will bring their trick-hoops and alley-oops back to DeKalb County on Thursday night, April 9 at 7:00 p.m. at the DCHS gym. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m.

The Wizards, a show basketball team, will play the DeKalb BETA Bosses (local personalities) to raise funds for the DeKalb Middle School Junior BETA Club who will be traveling to Fort Worth, Texas for the National Competition.

At a Harlem Wizards game, fans witness amazing basketball talent combined with hilarious comedy. When you’re in the stands, you’re more than a spectator, you’re part of the show with loads of audience participation throughout the game.

Fans will experience a magical display of tricks, coordinated ball handling, fancy passing, and aerodynamic athleticism combined with high-energy comedy and audience interaction. The experience can only be summed up in two words: Awe-Inspiring.

Be sure to purchase your tickets in advance at Fluty’s , Liberty State Bank, First Bank , or Good Health Family Clinic. If available, tickets will be sold at the door for $10 for students and $12 for adults. An online processing fee of $1.25 per ticket will be added to your final total.

The Online Box Office for this event closes at 11:59 p.m. the night prior to the game. Tickets purchased online will be sent via email. Please type your email address carefully. You must print the ticket(s) and bring them to the event. Your ticket will be scanned for entry.

For ticket information go to HARLEM WIZARDS.com and click “GET TICKETS”.

March 11, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

During severe weather providing the public with life-saving alerts and warnings quickly is imperative and the tornado last week in neighboring Putnam County underscores the need for all to be vigilant.

(Click link below to register for weather alerts)

Tornado Alert Signup

In DeKalb County, residents have access to a service called Hyper-Reach, a state of the art mass emergency notification system, designed specifically for public safety, according to Brad Mullinax, Director of the DeKalb Emergency Communications District (E-911). Through Hyper-Reach residents can get automatic tornado warning alerts over landline telephones or cell phones the moment they are issued for DeKalb County.

Landline phones are automatically registered but weather alerts to mobile phones are only included by enrolling in the system.

“When the National Weather Service issues a tornado warning it is based on a polygon so it may be for only one area of the county. You may see on TV that DeKalb County is under a tornado warning but it may really be only for the northern or southern portion of the county. It may not always affect the entire county. This system will notify hundreds of people within a minute. It is very fast in the notification process and I encourage everyone to sign up for this,” said Mullinax.

Charlie Parker, DeKalb County Emergency Management Agency Coordinator, said he also recommends people registering for the service.

“Even though there are multiple ways of getting weather alerts including from TV and radio, storms can cause interruption in service. Even with the storm last week, Comcast and other cable and TV providers were down so you can’t always count on those for the information you need. We strongly encourage everyone to have more than one way of getting storm alerts. You can also get a weather alert radio. Those are battery operated and programmable for your county. There are apps you can download on your phone. Red Cross also has an app you can download. The biggest thing is don’t get complacent. Sometimes we are bombarded with threats and warnings and get to the place where we don’t pay attention to them. When it comes to severe weather always take it seriously,” said Parker.

The service is free and you may register for the weather alerts by visiting www.dekalb911.org and clicking the link or by clicking the link below.

“There is a link on our website (dekalb 911.org) to click for a community weather alert sign up. It will allow you to register a cell phone. If you do have a home landline telephone your number is already registered by your house number in the system and you will automatically get the weather alerts without any further action from you. If you do not have home landline telephone service or if you want to register your cell phone in addition to your home landline phone you can go to our signup page and do that. It will make a phone call to you with a pre-recorded message and or it will also send you a text message or an email to notify you as well in the event there is a tornado warning that has been issued for the affected area,” said Mullinax

Tornado Alert Signup

If anyone has questions or needs help programming their weather radio contact Charlie Parker at dekalbtnema@gmail.com., DeKalb Emergency Management on facebook, or at the Smithville Fire Department at 615-597-4141.

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