The GAO, an investigative arm of Congress, on Monday released a report examining USDA's plans to reorganize several agencies, including relocating thousands of staff to regional offices around the country. The report also broke down the 18,000-person decline in USDA employees, about 20% of the department's workforce, since the beginning of the Trump administration.
Corn was 81% harvested and soybeans were 92% harvested as of Sunday, Nov. 8, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress Report. Winter wheat was 89% planted and the crop was rated 49% good to excellent.
The farm bill faces a crowded lame-duck agenda, stalled SNAP negotiations and political and procedural hurdles that could complicate passage before year's end.
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USDA released its November Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply
and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports on Tuesday.
BUSDA Reports Summary
Federal prosecutors charged a California agricultural lender with fraud,
alleging he diverted farm-loan refinancing proceeds and used unauthorized loans
in a $64 million scheme.
BAg Lender Charged in $64M Loan Fraud
The GAO, an investigative arm of Congress, on Monday released a report
examining USDA's plans to reorganize several agencies, including relocating
thousands of staff to regional offices around the country. The report also
broke down the 18,000-person decline in USDA employees, about 20% of the
department's workforce, since the beginning of the Trump administration.
BUSDA, GAO Clash Over Reorganization
Corn was 81% harvested and soybeans were 92% harvested as of Sunday, Nov.
8, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress Report. Winter wheat was 89%
planted and the crop was rated 49% good to excellent.
1^USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report
In a prolonged war over Taiwan, being unable to import foreign soybeans
could create a domestic crisis in China, an expert on China's military argues.
We have a few questions about that.
1^An Urban's Rural View
