Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 8/24/20


Loopholes remain, but the USDA is tightening its crop subsidy rules by limiting who can collect a payment for managing a farm, historically one of its most porous definitions. The new regulation, to be published on Monday, requires people to perform at least 500 hours of management or at least 25% of the management work required annually to merit a subsidy check — “a very major advancement,” according to a small-farm advocate. 

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