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The Hunter Hanson fraud in 2018 resulted in a shift of regulatory authority of grain from the North Dakota Public Service Commission to the North Dakota Agriculture Department. A bill going through the 2021 Legislature would move more control from the courts to the North Dakota agriculture commissioner.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack used a speech to the American Farm Bureau Federation on Monday to announce a new initiative to expand cover crops around the country. USDA detailed multiple program changes to expand conservation and climate-smart practices. The secretary also touched on several issues while talking to members of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
The Agriculture Department has bumped up payments for school meals to help with rising costs<b> </b>as schools struggle with supply chain woes.
U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says farmers will benefit from the $1.7 billion package of social and environmental programs that is being debated in Congress.
According to court documents, in late 2018, the FSA conducted a spot check and discovered that the bins of corn the farmer had pledged as collateral for three of the loans were almost empty. He had sold the corn under a family member’s name to avoid detection by the Commodity Credit Corporation.