President Obama’s budget proposal, released earlier this month, outlines cuts to ag subsidies. That’s a potential hot button issue for rural and agricultural states, including Idaho. The Los Angeles Times summarized those cuts this way: The White House wants to cap direct payments to farmers — which flow mainly to producers of corn, soybeans, cotton […]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this week announced a new round of grants and loans from the agency’s rural development program. The funds are meant to spur rural job creation and business development. In Idaho, the one grantee is the Idaho Falls office of the Yellowstone Business Partnership. Executive Director Jan Brown says they have big […]
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