Experts issue warning after new USDA policy ends major farming incentives: '[It] is going to hurt … efforts to keep their businesses surviving'

Experts issue warning after new USDA policy ends major farming incentives: '[It] is going to hurt … efforts to keep their businesses surviving'

The U.S. Department of Agriculture dealt another blow to beleaguered farmers, announcing the abrupt end of consequential federal investments primarily affecting the Midwest, per NOTUS.  During a visit to Lebanon, Tennessee, agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins revealed new restrictions on the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), a program "especially popular" in rural districts. REAP supplies grants and guaranteed loans for farmers to make f…