David Whitaker

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Farm4Profit Podcast · BRIDGE Payments, Farm Bill Plans & The Future of USDA Tech · 11 Mar 2026 podcast

So who knows how that visit to China goes, right?

I mean, that could be huge.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Like things can change pretty quickly.

in ways that we're not even thinking about.

Yeah.

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

Right.

And,

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

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.

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

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

And also complying with the law.

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

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