Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters USDA had to fill in a 5.2% increase departmentwide in salaries with a flat budget that came seven months into the year. That was a big driver for NASS having to cut back on three different surveys for cattle, cotton and county yield data. Groups are now increasingly complaining over dropping those three reports.
A front settles down into Texas and pushes eastward through the East Coast on Friday. Cold temps behind the front. » More DTN Weather Commentary
Posted at 12:12PM Thu Apr 18, 2024 CDT
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In 1877 the Desert Land Act encouraged development of irrigation in arid lands. It offered land at 25 cents per acre if irrigated and cultivated for 3 years
