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One should never stop learning. For example, I just began reading a great book: “How to Cook Crack and Clean a Crab.” Step One: Use commas. I learned that the Bill & Melinda Gates team is the largest farmland owner in the United States. Last year’s overall net farm income is projected to rise 43 percent to $119.6 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture, despite last year’s farm cash receipts being down 1 percent to $366.5 billion. But at the same time direct federal aid accounted for literally 40 percent of total farm income after more than doubling over 2019 levels. Producers made $46.5 billion from the government , with direct federal aid up 107 percent from 2019. Plenty of lenders have learned about and utilize the USDA Rural Housing program, not to…(read more)
