[Opinion] Napa Farmers Market: Pages From a Farmer: How Funding Cuts and the Government Shutdown Affect a Small California Farmer

Napa Farmers Market: Pages from a Farmer: How funding cuts and the government shutdown affect a small California farmer

No matter where our political opinions lie, I imagine we all feel a high degree of uncertainty for the future and how our economy will be affected by government policy changes. Over the last 11 months our farm has already…

Farmers feel mounting strain as government shutdown stalls payments

SALEM, Ohio — The ongoing government shutdown is an inconvenience for farmers missing payments from government organizations like the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency or who are unable to access agricultural data. But if the impasse over federal spending drags on for weeks or months — as expected — it could grow much more dire for the nation’s agriculture community. Many farmers were on the cusp of harvesting their crops when…