The Journal article also noted that, “Meanwhile, workers in the USDA’s county offices, seeing the handwriting on the wall, are campaigning for new things to do, now that there aren’t any price-support payments to dispense. One idea is to give them responsibility for federally subsidized crop insurance, currently handled by private companies. Because crop values are higher, the amount the federal government spends annually on crop insurance is forecast to climb above $7 billion by 2013, up 60% from last year.”NASCOE is getting ready for its convention, with the President raising issues, including whether to try to protect as many jobs as possible, given the likelihood of a 10 percent cut in staffing and plans to close more offices.
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Monday, July 25, 2011
End of Farm Programs, End of Workload
Farm Policy quotes extensively from a Wall Street Journal piece on farm programs (behind pay wall), including this bit of interest:
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