USDA late Wednesday posted notice that $2.3 billion in supplemental Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) payments will be temporarily frozen. “In accordance with the White House memo, Regulatory ...
A former federal agriculture official in Honolulu has admitted he took a $5,000 “thank you” check tied to a pandemic-era farm ...
United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Jason Shitanishi, 60, of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi pled guilty in federal court ...
The future of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) is unclear as biofuels groups and pork producers are questioning when and if they’ll get paid. As USDA continues to divvy out the COVID-19 ...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — A Danbury farmer was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for defrauding taxpayers out of more than ...
A new USDA analysis of farm finance data found that farms with at least $1 million in gross cash farm income accounted for more than half of government payments in 2020, including pandemic aid. The ...
A Woodbury County, Iowa, farmer received his prison sentence for stealing money from taxpayers.
WASHINGTON D.C. - The United States Department of Agriculture is supplying $14 billion to farmers and ranchers economically impacted by COVID-19. The funding is through the Coronavirus Food Assistance ...