Ag Policy
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FOIA Does Not Apply to All USDA Farm Data
A recent District Court case ruled that USDA is not required to provide certain information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This is good news for most farmers.
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Was it Us?
We did a blog post yesterday related to FSA rules on management for payment limits. Today they issued a statement reversing their guidance from this August for family farm operations.
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Did Recently Issued GAO Report Push FSA to Update Management Rules?
A GAO r3eport found that USDA did not audit farm operations at the level needed on management hours, etc. Did this new report lead USDA to update their rules this August.
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Farmland Values Seem to Hold Steady or Even Increase
Farmland values seem to be steady or showing a slight increase based on a report from the Kansas City Federal Reserve.
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Washington Supreme Court Rules Dairy Famers Have to Pay Time-and-Half
The Washington State Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that farm workers must be paid overtime (time-and-half). It may be retroactive too.
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Some Thoughts On PLC
The final corn PLC payment is expected to be 14 cents per bushel, but it is likely much less than that for all of your bushels.
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IRS Provides List of Drought Counties Eligible for One More Year of Deferral
The IRS just released a list of counties that are still in a drought situation. This allows certain livestock producers another year to purchase replacement cattle due to drought.
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Ownership % Does Not Matter
The new CFAP #2 rules may allow certain producers to qualify for even more under CFAP #1.
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A Table of CFAP#2 Crop Values Per Acre
We provide tables of estimated payments per acre based on 2020 APH yields.
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How Much Would a Typical Farmer Receive from CFAP#2
A reader asked what a typical farmer would receive from CFAP#2. We provide some scenarios.