Gov’t shutdown halts USDA loans, reports, and farm program payments

The USDA has temporarily furloughed nearly half of its employees as part of the government shutdown, and an ag lobbyist says that will impact some farm programs. Randy Russell with the Russell Group tells Brownfield… “As we understand it, ARC/PLC, mandatory conservation programs, any payment that’s scheduled to go out right now will be temporarily […]

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