Deadline for government payments to farmers.
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Farmers across the nation leaned more heavily upon the federal government last year to finance their agricultural operations amid low commodity prices and trade disputes, and more of the money they borrowed is now delinquent.
Instead, they’re extending the 2017 tax cut (a mostly good idea) while doing almost nothing to address the long-run spending problem (an utterly terrible choice). As a result, Jessica Riedl of the Manhattan Institute projects a massive spike in interest payments in coming decades. However, ...
We waived interest payments on government-subsidized student loans to college graduates with financial difficulties and granted extensions on the principal repayments for these loans. We provided emergency assistance to people hit hard by the epidemic or natural disasters, thus ensuring that the basic l...
“At the end of the day, I think everybody recognizes it makes sense to keep government open, but also to take care of those disaster victims who have been waiting for months for this relief and the farmers who are struggling,” Scalise said. “There’s a lot of good that’s going ...
In Europe, the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) intervenes to support farmers economically and protect against market instability (European Commission, DG AGRI2018; Gray2000; Papadopoulos2015). It does so through providing farmers with direct payments based on the amount of land they work. ...
(2) to manage the application and disbursement of direct payments between the government and farmers (Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft, 2016). Due to these developments, farmers are increasingly expected to use e-government services. A 2019 study showed that about one-third of Swiss farmers managed ...
Status of Student Loan Payments The COVID-19 moratorium on student loan payments and interest came to an end on Sept. 30, 2023. Interest began accumulating again on Sept. 1, 2023. In June 2023, the Supreme Court blocked an effort from the Biden administration to forgive up to $20,000 ...
(2023). From “efficiency” to “equity”: Rural industrial revitalization and common prosperity of farmers. China Rural Survey, 2, 144–164. https://doi.org/10.20074/j.cnki.11-3586/f.2023.02.011 Article CAS Google Scholar Weerahewa, J., & Dayananda, D. (2023). Land use changes and...
The Senate broadly approved a measure expanding Social Security payments to millions of certain public sector workers, sending the measure to President Joe Biden for his signature. The vote on the Social Security Fairness Act was 76-20. It previously passed the House in an overwhelming ...