Durango organic farmer Linley Dixon is slated to meet with representatives in the U.S. House and Senate in early March to discuss eco-friendly practices in organic farming.
This year will mark the re...
Estimating the total benefits and costs of federal regulations - asOMB is required to do in this report - is no easy task. Regulatoryaccounting is still an evolving, and as yet imperfect, discipline.Yet, there are some changes that could usefully be made to providea clearer and more complete picture of the impact of regulation.
Need a quick catchup on the news? Here are seven agricultural stories you might have missed.
1. The Wheat Quality Council's 2021 Hard Winter Wheat Tour is underway in Kansas. On May 17, the day's estimated yield average was 59.2 bushels per acre, the highest measured since 53.4 bushels per acre in 2012. In 2019, the Day One estimate was 46.9 bushels per acre. – Kansas Farmer
2. The Paycheck Protection Program allowed millions of businesses to keep their doors open and has required a massive cleanup operation on the backend. The Small Business Administration's inspector general estimated in January that the agency approved loans for 55,000 potentially ineligible businesses and that 43,000 obtained more money than their reported payrolls would justify. Kabbage was among a band of online lenders that helped millions of borrowers and originated loans to phantom farms. – ProPublica