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Report: USDA Paid $1B To Dead Farmers
RightBias.com
July 23, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture reportedly distributed $1.1
billion to estates or companies of deceased farmers from 1999 to 2005.
The USDA routinely neglected to conduct required reviews to make sure payments were
properly disbursed, The Washington Post reported Monday.
Citing a government report, the newspaper said the Government Accountability Office
examined 181 cases from the seven-year period and found that officials approved
payments without any review in 40 percent of the cases.
For example, the report mentioned a 1,900-acre soybean and corn farm in Illinois that collected $400,000
for an owner who died in 1995. The company did not notify the government of the
death, but continued to certify annually that man -- a 40 percent owner of the company
-- was "actively engaged" in management.
In most cases, estates may continue to collect farm payments for up to two years
after an owner's death, the Post said. However, after that, local USDA officials
are supposed to certify each year that the estate is still farming and is still
in business for reasons other than collecting subsidies, the newspaper said.
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