Farm subsidies get 6.8 percent sequestration cut

The USDA will reduce farm subsidy payments by 6.8 percent “across the board, regardless of when they [farmers] came into the office,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The department mulled for several weeks how to apply budget cuts that are required under spending caps. For a while, different percentages, from 6.8 to 7.3 percent, were… » Read More

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