USDA: Most Direct Payments Go to Larger FarmersHoward, Fran
The US government will spend $400 million to reimburse farmers with affected flocks. The US already compensates farmers for the loss of their chickens. In December, USDA added a requirement that poultry producers pass a biosecurity audit before they could be compensated. USDA, which regulates vacc...
Its not clear what the additional aid would be for because USDA already pays farmers for any birds they must slaughter due to the virus, and roughly $1.2 billion has gone to those payments.The administration is also in talks to import about 70 million to 100 million eggs from other countr...
It’s not clear what the additional aid would be for because USDA already pays farmers for any birds they must slaughter due to the virus, and roughly $1.2 billion has gone to those payments. The administration is also in talks to import about 70 million to 100 million eggs ...
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“I just think we want to make sure our federal government reflects that diversity.” INSPECTOR GENERAL PURGE: Trump also fired multiple independent federal watchdogs, known as inspectors general, in a Friday night purge, removing a significant layer of accountability for those agencies including US...
He also argued the funding for distressed borrowers was unmerited, saying USDA was looking at giving the money to farmers who had been forced to dip into retirement accounts or take similar steps to make loan payments. Democrats roundly criticized the bill's reduction in funding for...
Farm equipment dealerships in certain areas may have a unique opportunity to increase sales of grain bagging equipment this year, as a new government cost-sharing program is incentivizing farmers to buy it. In fact, farmers located within select counties of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,...
USDA Confirms Farmers’ Fears: Net Farm and Net Cash Farm Income Expected to Fall This Year USDA’s first official net farm income forecast shows an expected 16% drop in 2023 net farm income, largely due to a decline in commodity prices and government payments with higher expenses and costs...
Government payments:$58,807,000 (60,731,000) Average Per Farm Receiving Payments:$7,108 ($5,509) 69 Percentof African American Farms are between 10-180 acres 4 Percentof African American Farms are over 500 acres 43 percentof African American farmers are over the age of 65 ...