By Ryan Hanrahan
FarmDoc
Progressive Farmer’s Chris Clayton reported that “President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for USDA again calls for making a nearly 20% cut to discretionary programs the administration doesn’t support.”
“The top line for the president’s budget released (this past) Friday is a $1.5 trillion request for Defense spending, while proposing to cut about $660 billion in non-military spending across the federal government,” Clayton reported. “For USDA, the budget requests $20.8 billion in discretionary budget authority for