A White House document shows areas where President Trump is
proposing to cut USDA spending. The
budget proposal would limit ag commodity payments and crop insurance
eligibility to farmers with less than 500-thousand dollars in adjusted gross
income. The plan would also limit crop
insurance premium subsidies.
Trump also proposed capping crop insurance underwriting
gains, establishing user fees for the Food Safety and Inspection Service and the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
User fees would also begin for the Agricultural Marketing Service and
the Packers and Stockyards Program.
The White House also proposes eliminating some programs as
part of it’s 15% USDA budget cut. The
Rural Economic Development Program, interest payments to utilities, and
lower-priority farm bill programs are on the President’s chopping block.
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