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USDA announced late last week, it will release approximately $20 million in funding for previously approved contracts that had been frozen by the Trump administration’s push to overhaul the federal government.  The sum represents a tiny sliver of program funding the USDA suspended after the White House’s broad freeze of federal loans and grants last month.  Although the administration r... Read Mo

USDA is withholding funds from farmers for conservation programs, despite the White House stating last week that funds to individuals would not be frozen.  Contractors for conservation programs also have been affected by a funding freeze.  The Iow...