Friday, February 06, 2015

Actively Engaged

Politico anticipates the proposed rule defining "actively engaged" in farming, as the lead bit in an interview with Secretary Vilsack. 
The Agriculture Department is getting ready to tell a lot of people who’ve been getting farm subsidy checks without lifting a hay bale, swinging a pitch fork or driving a tractor that they’re cut off
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/usda-city-farm-subsidies-114955.html#ixzz3QyJyf6vf

It will be interesting to see what's proposed and how it fares.  My own bet--nothing will be finalized in this administration. 

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