Maryland Risk Management Education Podcast: USDA Did Not Have Discretion to Implement New Program Benefitting Farmers: When Does the Agency Have Discretion to Implement a New Program?

USDA Did Not Have Discretion to Implement New Program Benefitting Farmers: When Does the Agency Have Discretion to Implement a New Program?

Oct 10, 2018

In this episode, Paul discusses a recent decision out of Colorado involving winter wheat producers who requested actual production history yield exclusion in 2015 but USDA Risk Management Agency denied the request. The case highlights when USDA potentially has to make new programs available to producers.

Materials discussed in this episode:

Ausmus v. Perdue, 289 F.Supp.3d 1227 (D. Colo. 2018)
Goeringer, Paul, Updated: Quick Look at Yield Exclusion Option in 2014 Farm Bill (AREC, July 13, 2015).
Goeringer, Paul, USDA Did Not Have Discretion to Implement New Program Benefitting Farmers: When Does the Agency Have Discretion to Implement a New Program? (AREC, July 12, 2018).

If you have questions for Paul contact him at lgoering@umd.edu, tweet him @aglawPaul or 301-405-3541.