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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.
Bloomberg's Mike Dorning reported last week that, "The U.S. Department of Agriculture has potentially found a vaccine to combat African Swine Fever, a disease that devastated hog herds in China and was recently detected in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, the agency said Thursday."
USDA Announces $3 Billion Investment in Agriculture Package with Drought Relief Funds
USDA Announces $3 Billion Investment in Agriculture Package with Drought Relief Funds
The USDA on Sept. 29 announced a new initiative to finance the deployment of climate-smart farming and forestry practices to aid in the marketing of climate-smart agricultural commodities. A public comment period is open through Nov. 1.