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David Whitaker

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1326 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

I mean, that could be huge.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

But I remember, I don't know what year, let's see, it would have been 2018, 19, whatever, when we did the market facilitation program.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

We did the market facilitation program, and the commodity that got the largest payment was soybeans because of the trade impact, retaliatory tariffs from China.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

Six months after announcing that program, soybeans went on a run and, you know, we're selling $14 soybeans.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

So I have learned, I'm maybe probably a little older than you guys.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

I have learned, don't be surprised by the unexpected.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

Like things can change pretty quickly.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

in ways that we're not even thinking about.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

Yeah.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

Yeah.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

And so, you know, while we're talking about technology modernization, we're also looking at regulatory reform or process improvement.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

Right.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

And,

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

So the NRCS chief works for me, and she was talking this morning in a meeting we had on the NEPA regulations.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

So you do a conservation practice, you've got to have all the NEPA inspections done, and you've got to check all these boxes, and you've got to have four or five different people come out and look and make sure you're not disturbing something.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

She's streamlining that, and she's streamlining it to the point of,

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

Still offering protections for landowners that want to do conservation practices so five years from now you don't get sued by somebody.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

And also complying with the law.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

But there's some things in there that we don't have to do.

Farm4Profit Podcast
BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech

And so if we don't have to do them, why are we doing them?