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Newspaper Page TextA12 The BulleTin • Thursday, July 21, 2022 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022 TODAY TONIGHT HIGH 97° LOW 54° Blazing sunshine and very hot Plenty of sunshine ALMANAC Wednesday Normal Record 99° 85° 100° in 1905 59° 50° 30° in 1949 PRECIPITATION 24-hour total 0.00" Record 1.15" in 1940 Month to date (normal) 0.02" (0.30") Year to date (normal) 2.34" (5.84") Barometric pressure at 4 p.m. 30.10" SUN, MOON AND PLANETS Rise/Set Today Friday Sun 5:42am/8:41pm 5:43am/8:40pm Moon 12:39am/2:57pm 1:02am/4:03pm Mercury 6:08am/9:07pm 6:15am/9:10pm Venus 3:47am/7:07pm 3:48am/7:08pm Mars 12:48am/2:43pm 12:46am/2:42pm Jupiter 11:30pm/11:53am 11:27pm/11:50am Saturn 9:50pm/7:58am 9:46pm/7:54am Uranus 1:00am/3:25pm 12:56am/3:21pm New First Full Last Jul 28 Aug 5 Aug 11 Aug 18 Tonight's sky: Conjunction of the waning crescent moon and Mars. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI UV INDEX TODAY 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 9 9 5 The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low, 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme. POLLEN COUNT Trees Low Weeds Moderate Source: Oregon Allergy Associates 93° 60° Hot with plenty of sunshine Hot with plenty of sunshine EAST: Mostly sunny today; hot. Clear tonight. Sunny tomor- row. 99° 61° Sizzling sunshine and very hot Wednesday Today Friday Wednesday Today Friday City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Portland Astoria 68/57/Tr 67/56/pc 68/55/c La Grande 97/55/0.00 96/61/s 87/55/s Prineville La Pine 93/41/0.00 95/50/s 90/51/s Baker City 94/46/0.00 94/50/s 87/45/s Redmond Medford 101/63/0.00 97/59/s 91/59/s Brookings 61/52/0.02 62/50/pc 66/53/pc Roseburg Newport 63/52/0.02 62/51/c 64/50/pc Burns 98/52/0.00 97/53/s 90/49/s Salem North Bend 65/54/0.00 65/54/pc 66/53/s Eugene 95/57/0.00 84/54/pc 82/53/pc Sisters Ontario 103/62/0.00 103/67/s 98/64/s Klamath Falls 94/48/0.00 93/47/s 89/48/s The Dalles Pendleton 100/60/0.00 99/66/s 90/58/s Lakeview 92/39/0.00 94/44/s 90/45/s Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace As of 7 a.m. Wednesday Reservoir Acre feet Capacity Crane Prairie 47772 86% Wickiup 44186 22% Crescent Lake 16816 19% Ochoco Reservoir 9661 22% Prineville 35130 24% River ﬂ ow Station Cu.ft./sec. Deschutes R. below Crane Prairie 256 Deschutes R. below Wickiup 1180 Deschutes R. below Bend 126 Deschutes R. at Benham Falls 1480 Little Deschutes near La Pine 81 Crescent Ck. below Crescent Lake 58 Crooked R. above Prineville Res. 1 Crooked R. below Prineville Res. 185 Crooked R. near Terrebonne 15 Ochoco Ck. below Ochoco Res. 15 Wednesday Hi/Lo/Prec. 91/64/0.00 97/48/0.00 100/48/0.00 94/60/0.00 94/60/0.00 94/45/0.00 102/64/0.00 Today Hi/Lo/W 85/59/pc 98/52/s 98/51/s 83/56/s 86/56/pc 97/53/s 95/65/s Friday Hi/Lo/W 81/58/pc 90/49/s 92/48/s 85/54/s 83/56/s 91/53/s 89/62/s 90s 100s 110s NATIONAL WEATHER -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s NATIONAL EXTREMES WEDNESDAY (for the T-storms Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Warm Front Stationary Front Cold Front Source: USDA Forest Service General Motors Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, speaks during an interview with The Associ- ated Press July 14 in New York. Continued from A11 But in an interview with The Asso- ciated Press, Barra said she was confi- dent GM could unseat Tesla with high- er-priced specialty vehicles, and it will beat Elon Musk to high-range EVs at prices that people can afford. Last year GM sold just 25,000 electric vehicles in the U.S., less than one-tenth of the estimated 352,000 sold by Tesla. Although EV sales are rising dramati- cally, they’re still only about 5% of the U.S. new vehicle market, with many Americans still reluctant to change. “To really get to 30%, 40%, 50% EVs being sold, you have to appeal to people that are in that $30,000 to $35,000 price range,” Barra said. Already the company has pledged to cut the starting price of the Chevrolet Bolt small SUV to around $26,000 later this year. GM plans to roll out a Chevy Equinox small SUV with 300 miles of range for around $30,000 in fall 2023. And on Monday night in California, it will unveil a larger (and more expensive) Chevy Blazer SUV that goes on sale next summer. They’ll join a couple of gargantuan Hummer EVs, an upcoming electric Silverado pickup and a Cadillac luxury SUV in taking on Tesla. And Barra said there’s more to come on the way to offer- ing 30 battery-powered vehicles globally by 2025. “What we have coming, it’s in the heart of the market,” she said, with- out giving details. The mainstream vehicle is something Tesla has yet to master. The Model 3 se- dan, its lowest-priced vehicle, starts at close to $60,000. Barra is hoping to keep prices rela- tively low, banking on chemistry break- throughs to cut battery costs, offsetting Phone Continued from A11 Avoiding using your phone’s camera is a good example, especially for shoot- ing videos. (People don’t think about it much, but capturing video footage works many parts of a smartphone at the same time.) Avoid using the hot spot Using your phone as a mobile hotspot is another common way to heat things up quickly; I’ve seen my iPhone offer up the dreaded temperature warning on a not-even-that-hot San Francisco day after pulling hotspot duty. Skip it, if at all possible. Ditto for graphically rich games: these can require a lot of oomph from your phone’s processors, and avoiding that load will keep your device cooler for longer. Julia nikhinson/aP huge price increases for Lithium and other key elements that make batteries work. Part of the strategy is convincing buy- ers that an electric vehicle can meet all their transportation needs. Many EV owners, she said, also have a gas-pow- ered auto for longer trips. That’s why the company announced a partnership to place 2,000 charging stations at up to 500 Pilot Travel centers, spaced 50 miles apart along interstate travel corridors. “If the only vehicle you own is going to be an EV, you have to feel confident of charging,” Barra said. GM has a goal of making only electric passenger vehicles by 2035. The switch to EVs would be monu- mental on its own for GM, a company that has made a living largely on the in- ternal combustion engine for more than 113 years. But Barra also has to manage the fi- nances, keeping the profits flowing from gasoline vehicles to pay for battery devel- opment — even though GM can’t run its factories flat-out due to the chip short- age. And at some point, money from gas vehicles will decline, so the EVs have to be profitable almost from the start. Also, auto prices have risen to an av- erage of around $45,000, boosting car- makers’ bottom lines but pushing new vehicles out of reach of the middle class. Economists are predicting the Federal Reserve could add up to a full point to interest rates, raising the cost of auto loans. And there’s talk about the U.S. heading back into recession. “It’s pretty volatile right now,” Barra conceded. “We’re looking at many dif- ferent scenarios as any prudent business leader would to make sure we’re ready for whatever, however the situation evolves.” Barra expects parts and chip shortages will last into next year, with coronavirus outbreaks continuing to crimp the flow. Throughout her career, Barra, who was GM’s product planning chief before becoming CEO in January 2014, has had to make difficult decisions. To manage the complexities of her job, she’ll need to draw on that experience. “I’m an engineer, so I’m a problem solver,” she said. Power-saving mode Beyond limiting what you do on your phone, you can also limit what your phone is doing on its own. That’s where its low-power or power-saving mode comes in. Among other things, Low Power Mode on an iPhone disables 5G, makes your device lock faster, dims your screen and disables some background processes. Android phones have a similar fea- ture, and it’s usually called Battery Saver or Power Saving Mode depending on the company that built your device. down with a quick trip to the kitchen? Maybe, but it comes with some poten- tial hazards. “I would not recommend putting a device into a refrigerator to cool it,” said Jon-Erik Hylle, a project manager at iFixit. “Rapid cooling in a moist envi- ronment could cause condensation and short the device. Also, going from very hot to very cold in a short amount of time creates its own risks.” Grab something cold, like a portable ice pack, a bag of frozen peas, a Capri Sun from the fridge, whatever you’ve got. Wrap it in a tea towel or a handkerchief, and place your phone on it for about a minute, then pop it off again. Repeat un- til the phone is back to working condi- tion. With luck, this more gradual kind of cooling should get your phone up and running quickly, and with less risk of condensation-based mishaps. Avoid the fridge Smartphones tend to cool off pretty quickly, and you’ll probably have a func- tioning phone again in just a few min- utes if you just leave it alone. But if your phone is overheating right now and you absolutely have to use it, can you cool it Wednesday City Hi/Lo/Prec. Abilene 110/83/0.00 Akron 92/72/0.60 Albany 97/72/0.03 Albuquerque 99/76/0.05 Anchorage 59/50/0.51 Atlanta 92/74/0.01 Atlantic City 88/77/0.00 Austin 104/74/0.00 Baltimore 95/72/0.00 Billings 96/63/0.00 Birmingham 94/79/0.00 Bismarck 96/58/0.00 Boise 101/66/0.00 Boston 92/77/0.00 Bridgeport, CT 94/75/0.00 Buffalo 90/75/Tr Burlington, VT 93/69/0.04 Caribou, ME 80/56/0.00 Charleston, SC 90/72/0.16 Charlotte 91/70/0.26 Chattanooga 95/75/0.25 Cheyenne 100/57/0.00 Chicago 87/76/Tr Cincinnati 92/73/0.15 Cleveland 90/74/0.11 Colorado Springs 90/63/0.68 Columbia, MO 98/72/0.00 Columbia, SC 90/74/0.03 Columbus, GA 94/75/0.05 Columbus, OH 91/71/0.10 Concord, NH 93/65/0.00 Corpus Christi 94/79/0.00 Dallas 109/82/0.00 Dayton 92/73/0.00 Denver 97/66/0.14 Des Moines 89/69/0.00 Detroit 92/74/0.23 Duluth 82/61/Tr El Paso 108/83/0.00 Fairbanks 69/48/0.01 Fargo 88/66/Tr Flagstaff 87/60/0.05 Grand Rapids 89/75/Tr Green Bay 82/74/Tr Greensboro 93/69/0.01 Harrisburg 93/69/0.00 Hartford, CT 97/70/0.00 Helena 94/53/0.00 Honolulu 86/75/Tr Houston 101/81/0.00 Huntsville 98/74/0.00 Indianapolis 94/72/0.00 Jackson, MS 95/77/0.00 Jacksonville 89/73/0.34 Today Hi/Lo/W 98/79/pc 88/70/s 92/68/t 97/71/t 58/50/sh 86/72/t 88/78/t 102/74/pc 96/73/t 94/62/s 92/73/t 92/59/s 101/66/s 91/74/t 90/74/t 82/69/t 90/68/t 88/66/t 91/75/t 93/72/t 92/74/pc 92/59/pc 92/68/s 89/71/s 87/70/s 91/64/pc 99/72/s 92/74/t 92/73/t 88/70/s 89/64/t 96/76/pc 97/83/t 89/70/s 97/65/pc 92/66/s 90/69/s 81/61/s 101/76/s 67/48/c 85/61/s 87/58/pc 88/65/s 87/62/s 91/70/t 95/71/t 95/69/t 93/59/pc 86/75/pc 100/79/pc 93/73/pc 90/70/s 94/75/t 93/73/t Amsterdam Athens Auckland Baghdad Bangkok Beijing Beirut Berlin Bogota Budapest Buenos Aires Cabo San Lucas Cairo Calgary Cancun Dublin Edinburgh Geneva Harare Hong Kong Istanbul Jerusalem Johannesburg Lima Lisbon London Madrid Manila 69/56/sh 93/78/s 57/44/pc 116/86/s 88/80/t 92/74/s 87/76/s 83/67/t 65/49/c 98/66/s 62/49/c 97/81/s 96/74/s 82/55/s 91/78/pc 66/52/c 67/55/c 87/63/s 67/51/pc 93/83/t 86/68/s 85/64/s 61/46/pc 63/58/pc 85/64/pc 77/62/c 102/72/s 91/81/t Friday Hi/Lo/W 101/76/pc 89/68/s 91/67/pc 97/71/c 59/50/sh 88/72/t 87/76/s 101/74/pc 96/74/s 95/61/pc 90/74/t 93/64/pc 96/63/s 92/72/s 91/73/s 83/69/t 89/67/s 85/62/s 90/75/t 93/73/pc 94/73/pc 94/64/c 89/71/pc 93/70/s 87/69/pc 96/66/t 102/76/s 88/75/t 84/73/t 90/68/s 91/61/s 94/76/pc 101/80/t 91/69/s 99/69/c 92/77/pc 90/69/pc 85/65/pc 99/76/c 59/46/c 90/64/pc 88/59/c 89/69/pc 89/68/pc 92/72/s 93/71/s 95/69/s 89/56/pc 87/76/sh 98/79/pc 97/73/pc 92/73/s 91/74/t 93/74/pc City Juneau Kansas City Lansing Las Vegas Lexington Lincoln Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Madison, WI Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York City Newark, NJ Norfolk, VA Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Palm Springs Peoria Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, ME Providence Raleigh Rapid City Reno Richmond Rochester, NY Sacramento St. Louis Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco San Jose Santa Fe Savannah Seattle Sioux Falls Spokane Springﬁ eld, MO Tampa Tucson Tulsa Washington, DC Wichita Yakima Yuma Wednesday Hi/Lo/Prec. 53/52/0.21 90/74/0.00 92/75/Tr 110/89/0.00 92/75/0.00 93/62/0.00 97/83/0.00 85/65/0.00 96/78/0.00 83/74/0.00 97/82/0.00 90/81/Tr 86/76/0.00 89/72/0.00 99/78/0.00 95/80/Tr 95/78/0.00 100/74/0.00 93/75/0.00 100/82/0.00 92/67/0.00 95/76/1.18 114/88/0.00 90/73/0.00 96/77/0.00 111/92/0.00 88/70/0.00 89/67/0.00 96/70/0.00 95/72/0.00 97/53/0.00 99/66/0.00 95/71/0.05 92/74/Tr 99/59/0.00 100/81/0.00 99/74/0.00 104/78/0.00 80/68/0.00 67/54/0.00 80/58/0.00 90/61/0.01 92/71/0.33 84/60/0.00 91/67/0.00 92/60/0.00 103/77/0.00 93/83/0.00 104/81/Tr 107/81/0.01 91/74/0.00 101/78/0.00 99/58/0.00 109/85/0.00 Today Hi/Lo/W 59/52/r 97/72/s 89/66/s 111/89/pc 90/69/s 95/68/s 99/76/pc 85/64/pc 93/74/s 87/61/s 101/76/pc 91/80/pc 90/67/s 87/69/s 95/72/pc 93/78/t 93/77/t 98/78/t 96/76/t 97/74/pc 94/70/s 97/76/pc 115/88/pc 93/65/s 98/78/t 112/91/pc 86/68/pc 84/67/t 90/73/t 93/73/t 96/60/s 99/64/s 95/73/t 85/66/t 99/61/s 98/75/s 101/76/s 102/77/pc 74/65/pc 68/54/pc 82/57/s 89/62/c 92/74/t 80/56/pc 89/68/s 92/61/pc 102/73/s 94/80/t 105/83/pc 104/76/pc 96/77/t 101/73/s 98/60/s 113/84/s Friday Hi/Lo/W 56/50/sh 100/77/s 89/70/pc 111/89/pc 94/72/s 97/78/s 101/77/s 84/65/pc 96/77/s 86/68/t 103/77/s 91/80/t 88/72/pc 90/74/s 98/74/s 91/78/t 93/76/s 98/78/s 92/76/s 99/75/t 95/80/s 96/76/s 115/87/s 88/73/s 97/78/s 115/89/pc 88/66/s 87/64/s 93/72/s 94/73/pc 99/66/pc 98/61/s 95/75/s 87/67/t 94/59/s 100/80/s 102/77/s 101/78/pc 72/65/pc 69/55/pc 79/56/pc 92/63/c 91/74/t 75/56/pc 95/74/s 85/59/s 102/75/s 95/79/t 107/84/pc 102/77/c 95/79/s 100/76/pc 93/56/s 113/86/pc INTERNATIONAL 48 contiguous states) National high: 123° at Death Valley, CA National low: 34° at Yellowstone N.P., WY Precipitation: 2.44" at Apalachicola, FL FIRE INDEX Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available Partly sunny and very hot NATIONAL Hood River 541-683-1577 WATER REPORT Bend Redmond/Madras Sisters Prineville La Pine/Gilchrist Sunshine with near-record temperatures TRAVEL WEATHER Umatilla 102/66 Rufus Hermiston 89/62 101/67 97/66 Arlington Hillsboro Portland Meacham Lostine 99/65 84/54 85/59 92/54 Wasco 94/58 Enterprise Pendleton The Dalles CENTRAL: Plenty of Tillamook 93/56 93/64 99/66 Sandy 95/65 McMinnville sunshine today. Windy 71/55 Joseph Heppner La Grande 82/58 Maupin Government 83/54 during the afternoon; 96/61 93/58 Camp 95/60 Condon 95/61 Union Lincoln City very warm in the 91/61 77/54 96/59 Salem 66/52 Spray north. Clear tonight. Granite Warm Springs 86/56 Madras 98/57 Albany 90/53 Newport Baker City 98/55 100/54 Mitchell 62/51 83/55 94/50 WEST: Partly sunny Camp Sherman 98/55 Redmond Corvallis John Yachats Unity and pleasant today; 96/54 98/51 81/53 Day Prineville 64/52 96/53 however, sunnier in Ontario Sisters 100/55 Paulina 98/57 103/67 the south. Florence Eugene 97/53 Bend Brothers 98/53 Vale 63/52 84/54 96/51 Sunriver 97/54 103/66 Nyssa 95/51 Hampton Cottage La Pine 102/65 Juntura Oakridge Grove 95/50 97/52 OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay Burns 101/59 84/54 84/55 Fort Rock 65/54 Riley 97/53 WEDNESDAY Crescent 97/52 97/54 High: 103° 93/50 Bandon Roseburg Christmas Valley Jordan Valley at Ontario Beaver Frenchglen Silver 63/54 83/56 95/45 96/60 Low: 39° Marsh Lake 98/58 Port Orford 90/44 94/43 at Lakeview Grants Burns Junction Paisley 64/52 Pass 100/59 Chiloquin 95/46 95/57 Rome Medford 92/47 Gold Beach 97/59 102/60 60/52 Klamath Fields Ashland McDermitt Lakeview Falls Brookings 99/60 95/57 93/47 98/57 62/50 94/44 Seaside 70/56 Cannon Beach 68/56 102° 61° 98° 60° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Astoria 67/56 WEDNESDAY TUESDAY OREGON WEATHER TEMPERATURE Grasses High MONDAY SUNDAY 92° 55° 91° 52° Clear Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. Wed. High Low SATURDAY FRIDAY 77/72/0.00 86/75/0.00 55/53/0.69 117/90/0.00 93/79/0.53 91/75/0.00 98/79/0.00 100/65/0.00 63/50/0.21 95/59/0.00 59/49/0.00 93/79/0.00 96/79/0.00 77/52/Tr 90/78/0.04 66/55/0.00 75/59/0.00 95/75/0.30 66/51/0.00 91/84/0.00 82/70/0.00 89/69/0.00 59/48/0.00 63/58/0.00 86/64/0.00 79/66/0.02 100/66/0.00 93/77/0.04 70/55/pc 95/78/s 55/42/s 114/83/s 89/79/t 90/71/pc 87/75/s 80/63/pc 65/48/c 99/67/s 59/54/pc 97/78/s 97/75/s 69/52/t 90/76/t 67/54/c 65/54/sh 93/66/pc 67/48/pc 93/83/pc 86/69/s 87/65/s 62/46/pc 63/59/c 85/63/s 73/60/c 102/70/s 93/80/t Farm Continued from A11 An aging demographic A third of America’s 3.4 mil- lion farmers are older than 65, and nearly a million more are within a decade of that mile- stone retirement age, accord- ing to the most recent agri- cultural census from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The census was taken in 2017 and published in 2019. The census said nearly 14,000 of Idaho’s farmers were over 65. That was 31% of the farmers in the state as of 2017. The census found that 27% of U.S. farmers qualify as “new and beginning producers,” with 10 or fewer years of expe- rience in agriculture. Idaho’s rate was much lower, just shy of 10% of all farmers. Most of those farmers have operations that are smaller than average, both in terms of acres and value of production, according to USDA. Members of the House Ag- riculture Committee said they are particularly interested in whether young, beginning or underserved farmers have access to credit, so they can get started in the high-capital world of agriculture. “In any agriculture opera- tion, one of the most critical relationships the farmer may have is with his or her lender. This is especially true for young and beginning produc- ers. Farming is capital inten- sive,” said Rep. Glenn Thomp- son of Pennsylvania, the top Republican on the committee. “The cost of entry is incred- ibly high and can act as a bar- rier to entry for these new ag- riculturalists trying to start or grow their farm operations.” Challenge for federal loans The Agriculture Depart- ment’s Farm Services Agency has an array of different loans available to farmers, including one targeted at young and be- ginning farmers. But in practice, producers say the federal loan process can be laborious, slow and hard to access. The struggle to obtain a loan can be especially acute for Black farmers, who can face racism and discrimination in applying for a loan, accord- ing to Dania Davy of the Al- Mecca Mexico City Montreal Moscow Nairobi Nassau New Delhi Osaka Oslo Ottawa Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Santiago Sao Paulo Sapporo Seoul Shanghai Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei City Tel Aviv Tokyo Toronto Vancouver Vienna Warsaw 107/87/0.00 82/59/Tr 86/68/0.07 68/54/0.03 73/54/0.00 88/79/0.02 93/84/0.33 90/77/0.01 82/57/0.00 88/70/0.15 73/66/0.58 75/70/0.00 89/68/0.00 64/39/0.00 70/61/0.00 79/70/0.00 88/74/0.35 98/82/0.05 86/79/0.09 79/54/0.00 58/45/0.11 95/84/0.04 93/75/0.00 93/79/0.00 88/77/0.24 73/57/0.00 95/63/0.00 88/64/0.00 103/80/pc 82/58/c 85/68/t 71/58/sh 71/55/c 88/79/sh 90/81/t 89/78/t 78/63/t 83/63/sh 84/64/pc 77/67/s 90/71/s 67/41/s 78/58/pc 79/69/pc 86/72/r 90/79/t 88/78/t 88/64/pc 60/54/sh 99/81/t 88/72/s 87/78/sh 85/65/s 72/58/pc 95/69/s 89/64/pc 103/80/s 79/58/t 84/67/s 76/61/pc 70/53/c 89/79/t 86/80/t 89/74/t 70/57/pc 86/65/s 84/63/t 79/68/pc 91/70/s 69/40/s 80/58/pc 80/69/r 85/73/pc 96/83/sh 88/77/t 70/57/pc 60/53/sh 101/82/pc 88/72/s 87/78/t 86/71/pc 72/58/pc 94/69/pc 88/65/t “Farming is inherently a risky business, but in the environment we are in right now, that risk is elevated.” — Nathan Kauffman, VP and economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in Omaha, Nebraska, while testifying at a U.S. House Agriculture Committee hearing July 14 corn State University Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center in East Point, Georgia. Black farmers have reached out to her group for help when the Farm Services Agency recommended they use their credit card instead of a federal loan, or when loan delays put a generational family farm at risk. “As we review the farm bill and prepare for the scheduled reauthorization, we must make use of the opportunity to pre- vent the looming threat of loss of Black farms, land and live- lihoods that has been institu- tionalized by racially disparate credit access,” Davy told the committee. Davy recommends a more robust civil rights process at the local level with farm loan field agencies. Julia Asherman, who owns a small organic farm in Jef- fersonville, Georgia, was able to finance her operation with three different Farm Service Agency loans. But she said even her success story high- lights some roadblocks in the process. It took two months for her to get approval for her loan and there was no option for pre-approval before she identified land to purchase. In a competitive market, a land- owner would likely move on to the next bidder rather than wait that long for a loan. “Farmers easily lose out on potential properties by not being able to act fast, and I’ve known several farmers person- ally who have not been able to use FSA loans to purchase for this reason,” Asherman said. Hearings in Washington this month to examine farm credit, crop insurance and forestry programs. Lawmakers plan to take their show on the road in August with field hearings slated in committee members’ districts across the country.