Farmers on Food Stamps Highlight Rural Hunger Across Midwest
Denise O'Brien and thousands of farm families face hunger as agriculture regions like Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska report rising food stamp use. Despite producing much of the nation’s meat and crops, farmers report shame, stigma, and long drives to shop in towns away from neighbors while relying on benefits to feed their households.
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Associated Press
Denise O’brien
Ms. O'Brien
Ms. O’brien
Atlantic
Iowa
Midwest
America
U.S. Agriculture Department
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Bob Simon
Winterset
Simon
Delores Swoboda
Groundswell
Bankers and Farmers Clash Over New Credit Law
Washington AP Kansas bankers warn a new federal law could reduce credit for financially distressed farmers and raise costs for others amid worries about the Farm Credit System and possible shifts to government loans. Farm groups counter that bankers seek repeal as the law changes liability on mortgaged farm products and mandates buyer notices.
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Bankers
Washington
Kansas
Livestock Association
Farm Bureau
James Maag
Kansas Bankers Association
Congress
Rich McKee
Kansas Livestock Association
Farmers Home Administration
Steve Phelps
Farm Credit Banks of
St. Louis
Meyer
Barkley Clark
George Washington University
American Bankers Association
Maag
Phelps
PIK Gain Well May Be Profit Margin For Wheat Farmers
Kansas State University economist Bill Tierney warns farmers to actively manage Payment in Kind entitlements, noting certificates can be sold or exchanged for CCC grains or cash. He explains strategies to leverage PIK certificates with loans, futures, or call options, and cites a national Extension effort to post bids and offers via PIKMARKET system.
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Maag
Keith Meyer
University of Kansas
Congress
Manhattan
Bill Tierney
Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service
Commodity Credit Corporation
Tierney
ASCS
Land Grant University Extension Service
Pikmarket
Cooperative AgNet
University of Nebraska
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Peter Brent
Prairiefire
California
McKee
Mang
Dan Glickman
D-Kan
Agriculture Committee
Glickman
Steve Ballard
Osage City, Kansas
City OF
Ottawa
The
Ottawa Water Department
Bob Shields
Northwestern Mutual
Northwestern Mutual Life
Robert L. Shields
CLA
West Second St
Era Theft Company
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