- Secretary Vilsack made a commitment to changing the culture of USDA's county level agencies.
- The Pigford II payments have been issued.
- There have been changes in the farm loan legislation/programs, earmarking some dollars for socially-disadvantaged, etc. etc.
- ERS has recently reported growth in the number of farms operated by various categories--minorities and women, etc.
Blogging on bureaucracy, organizations, USDA, agriculture programs, American history, the food movement, and other interests. Often contrarian, usually optimistic, sometimes didactic, occasionally funny, rarely wrong, always a nitpicker.
Friday, April 25, 2014
I'm Curious--Post Pigford
Some factoids and a question:
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