USDA released its November Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply
and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports on Tuesday.
BUSDA Reports Summary
USDA trade nominee Greg Ibach and three Farm Credit Administration
nominees faced questions from senators about trade tensions, USMCA
negotiations, beef exports and access to agricultural credit.
=^Ibach Outlines Trade Priorities
More than a century after World War I, Belgian farmers still unearth
deadly artillery shells while navigating high land costs, regulations and the
challenges of keeping agriculture alive.
4^Unearthing a Killer Crop
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
