Source: FARM FUTURES, 5/23/17


The Trump Administration's proposed 2018 budget reduces the staff at USDA by 5,263 people, eliminates the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education program, limits crop insurance premium assistance to producers who have adjusted gross income of $500,000 or less and increases the amount spent on cybersecurity. "President Trump promised he would realign government spending, attempt to eliminate duplication or redundancy, and see that all government agencies are efficiently delivering services to the taxpayers of America."

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