A12 The BulleTin • Thursday, July 21, 2022
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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
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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
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“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.