Deceased Farmers Got USDA Payments
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture distributed $1.1 billion over seven years to the estates or companies of deceased farmers and routinely failed to conduct reviews required to ensure that the payments were properly made, according to a government report.
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The Bush administration agreed Tuesday to pay California farmers $16.7 million to compensate for water the government held back to preserve two imperiled fish species in the early 1990s, a pact that some legal experts said will make it harder for the federal government to protect endangered species.
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By Hank Shaw, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Jun. 17--SACRAMENTO -- Farmers in the Delta received nearly $11 million in government subsidies between 2003 and 2005, according to new data from a Washington-based watchdog group.
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By Laura Griffith, The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.  May 28--Farm bureaus all over the state are looking out for the best interests of area farmers as the business of agriculture continues to change.
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The Bush administration on Wednesday proposed to reduce farm payments $18 billion over the next five years
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The agricultural operator's shortfall? Taxes.
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The House voted Monday to protect aid to farmers who convert to environmentally sound practices. The measure, now on its way to President Bush, would block the Agriculture Department from tapping some of the funding for administrative expenses. The USDA's use of program money for overhead costs farmers about &#36;150 million a year that could help them learn farming methods that protect air, water and wildlife, said Environmental Defense spokesman Scott Faber.
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By Dennis Pollock, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jun. 13--A program that had its beginnings in Fresno County may enable people across the country to start small farms of their own.
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A tobacco-quota buyout approved by Congress this year releases cigarette companies from making payments to farmers in 14 states that had been required by a landmark
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By Kathy Gilbert, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Mar. 3--"A dead plant is an opportunity," joked Carol Reese, extension area specialist in ornamental horticulture from Jackson, Tenn. at Greenway Farms in Hixson last month.   Ms.
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By James Hannah  MARTINSVILLE  --  Tucked away in the den of his 127-year-old farmhouse, Ed Winkle huddles over his computer.   The screen's soft glow lights up his eyeglasses, reflecting messages about tractors, corn hybrids and crop insurance.
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By JOHN DOBBERSTEIN World Staff Writer  Drought assistance in the federal package for livestock producers will be distributed by Oklahoma agriculture officials.   Oklahoma will get about $6 million from the U.S.
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PLAINS, Ga. - A retired farmer found a check from Enterprise, Ala., on a road at his farm just hours after powerful tornadoes hit the town, more than 100 miles away.
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 18--A proposed federal farm bill could see some local farmers losing their subsidies and others gaining much needed dollars for research, development and marketing.
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The government promised nearly $800 million in aid Tuesday to ranchers and farmers stricken by a near-record drought.
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By GALLOWAY, Jill  Lots of farmers have stood next to their dairy effluent ponds and watched the biogas bubble up and disappear into the air.
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After seeing Midwestern farmers improve their lot by selling corn to ethanol distilleries, sugar cane and sugar beet growers want their own ethanol deal, paid for by U.S. taxpayers.