Proposed bill aims to pay farmers back for disrupted grants
Published
4/28/2025
A Wisconsin-based nonprofit hopes a new law can help some of its struggling farmers quickly recoup federal grant funds they are owed.
The Honor Farmer Contracts Act would order the United States Department of Agriculture to resume paying farmers from previously signed agreements.
The Michael Fields Agriculture Institute is one of more than 350 organizations to have signed on to a letter of support to Congress.
Ryan Martin, executive director of the institute, said...
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