The Government Promised to Pay -- Then it Didn't
Farmers are facing financial ruin after a funding freeze
by Ed Payne
When Skylar Holden signed up for the USDA’s EQIP program, he thought it made a lot of sense. The program provides technical and financial assistance to farmers to help them improve their production while conserving water and other natural resources.
The first-generation cattle producer in eastern Missouri liked it enough to sign a $240,000 con…